South Carolina TRIO

2017 Fall Conference

The Political Pipeline: Tooling Institutions to Serve the New
Majority
Midlands Technical College
1260 Lexington Drive, West Columbia, SC
Conference workshops should be 60 minutes in length allowing time for questions and answers. Handouts and visual aids
are encouraged. The first selected proposals will relate to overall conference theme and have an emphasis on quality,
innovation, new approaches, best practice implementation and/or prompts dialogue for current TRIO Program issues.
Because of budget constraints, workshop presenters will not receive an honorarium .

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Please consider sharing your experiences, best practices, and expertise with your colleagues by presenting at this years
conference. Please forward this Presenter Packet to someone at your university/college campus or in the local
community who would be a great presenter for TRIO professionals.

The submission deadline is Friday, September 15, 2017. For additional information, please contact: Rodney E. Adams,
Workshop Chair, Technical College of the Lowcountry, 921 Ribaut Road, Beaufort, SC 29901-1288,
Phone: (843) 525-8219, Fax: (843) 525-8330. E-mail- radams@tcl.edu
Proposed Workshop Topics/Tracks:
Pre-College Programs Track
Effective Training Strategies for Summer Program Staff
Effective College Admissions, Career, and Financial Aid
Workshops for Middle School Students
How to Recruit and Retain Pre-College Students until
High School Graduation
Undergraduate Programs Track
Grant Writing Assistance
Assisting Special Populations within TRiO (Student
Athletes. Single Parents, Ex-Offenders, High School
Drop Outs)
Providing Services in to the Millennium Generation
How to Implement a Freshman Seminar or Bridge
Course in Your TRiO Program
Adult Students Track
Assisting Veterans in the Transition to Higher Education
Strategies for Working with the Adult Leaner
Juggling Work, Family and College
Workshops that Really Work for Adult Students
Financial Aid and Scholarships for Adult Students
Using Technology Track
How to recruit and Reach TRiO Students using
Facebook, Twitter and other Social Network Websites
Creating a Paperless Office with the use of Document
Imaging
Using the Internet for Online Workshops
Professional Track
Limited Resources and Limited Budgets
Team Building and other Staff Development Activities
Managing and Cross Training Your Staff
Providing Effective Customer Services
Surviving a State or Federal Program Audit
Best Practices in Staff/Program Supervision and
Professional Development
Financial Literacy Programs for Program Participants
Strategies for Working with Institution Administration
Learning Programs and Model Practices in Student
programming
Collaboration with Other Educational Programs and
Associations
Record Keeping
Conflict Management
Professional Etiquette (emails, staff meetings, etc.)
Tutorial Programs
Presentation Title:
(A separate form must be submitted for each workshop to be presented.)

Presenter Information
Name: Title:
Agency: TRIO Program:
Address:
Street City State Zip Code
Phone: Fax: Email:
(Confirmation will be emailed to this address)
Co-Presenter Information
Name: Title:
Agency: TRIO Program:
Address:
Street City State Zip Code
Phone: Fax: Email:

Target Audience (Check all that apply)

All EOC ETS GEARUP McNair UB UBMS SSS VUB

All Administrative Support Coordinators Counselors Directors Other

Audiovisual Equipment Note

Please have your workshop on a thumb drive to utilize the facilities at MTC. If you are using a Mac product, you
may need to bring your own laptop and/or accessories

Please provide an abstract/session description (Microsoft Word, 100 words maximum) for the conference booklet.

Submit NO LATER THAN Friday, September 15, 2017 by email to radams@tcl.edu or by mail to Rodney E.
Adams, Workshop Chair, Technical College of the Lowcountry, 921 Ribaut Road, Beaufort, SC 29901-1288, Phone:
(843) 525-8219, Fax: (843) 525-8330, radams@tcl.edu
 T ENTATIVE C ONFERENCE S CHEDULE FOR O CTOBER 6, 2017
8:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m.- 8:30 a.m.- Welcome
8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Block A Sessions
9:40 a.m. 10:40 a.m. Block B Sessions
10:50 a.m. 11:50 p.m. Block C Sessions (conference committee meetings and roundtable discussions)
12:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. State Business Meeting
1:40 p.m. 2:45 p.m. SC Luncheon