Union receives $1.5 million for student support
August 27th, 2010Barbourville, Ky. - Union College has learned it will receive $1.5 million in grant funds to help at-risk college students earn a bachelor’s degree.
The five-year grant was awarded by the United States Department of Education under the agency’s Student Support Services (SSS) program.
Union President Ed de Rosset says the grant is critical to the college’s goal of providing opportunity for all students who desire a college education.
“Union wants all our students to have access to the resources they need to have the best possible success, whether they come to us as academically strong or needing a little help with the transition to college,” said de Rosset. “This grant allows us to provide our students such resources, and on a scale that gives depth and range to the services we can offer.”
The SSS program provides academic and other support services to low-income, first-generation or disabled college students. Services include basic study skills; tutoring; academic, financial or personal counseling; assistance in applying to graduate and professional programs; career guidance; mentoring; and grant aid.
Just over 50 percent of Union’s undergraduates are first-generation college students. Over 70 percent of Union undergraduates come from Kentucky.
Union has offered an SSS program for more than 30 years. This year’s grant of $1.5 million is a renewal award that will fund Union’s SSS program over the next five years.
To learn more about Union’s Student Support Services programs, visit www.unionky.edu and access the “Academics” drop-down menu.





