HOUGHTON — TRIO Pre-College Programs have reached 40 years of serving students from middle to high school of the western U.P. The Department of Education’s TRIO are federal programs and services for students of low-income families, first-generation college students and those with disabilities. The programs allow these individuals the opportunity to pursue an education or certification which best aligns with their interests. Over 800 students from 16 school districts in the western U.P. participated in TRIO programs this year.

TRIO began its presence in the area at Finlandia University in the mid 1980s, but after the university’s closure in 2023, the program found a new home at Michigan Tech. TRIO serves the same schools it served under Finlandia, but now at MTU, TRIO operates from the uni

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