Who We Are
Mission: To provide opportunities for participants to succeed in their precollege performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits.
TRIO is a group of federally funded programs begun in the 1960s to create educational opportunities for students who come from families where the parents do not have four-year college degrees and whose taxable income is at or below 150% of the poverty level.
The Muskegon Community College TRIO Upward Bound Project is 100 percent federally funded. The overriding goal is to assist students throughout high school to ensure that they are adequately prepared to enroll in post-secondary education and to matriculate through to completion of a post-secondary degree. During this process, it is also desired that the students will acquire a sense of community and develop into contributing members of society through their involvement in community service projects and volunteer work.
What We Do
Providing the tools needed for success and encouraging high school students to the community, strive for academic excellence, and go on to graduate from college. We work with qualified students in the 9th through 12th grades. Our year-round program provides academic support throughout the student’s entire high school education.
Trio Upward Bound provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from the college or university of their choice.
