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Who are We?
Student Support Services (SSS) is a program within the Office of Educational Opportunity and TRIO Programs, a departmental unit within the Division of Student Affairs at Georgia State University. All SSS services are aimed at increasing the academic potential of SSS participants and are provided at no cost to eligible students.
Mission and Goal
The Program's goal is to increase retention and graduation rates of college students who demonstrate academic need and are first generation, and/or low income, and/or have a documented disability. This goal is based upon the belief that all students, regardless of age, family background, learning style, or presence of a disability, should have equal opportunity to reach their full personal, academic, and career potential.
Future Participants
Who is eligible to join the Student Support Services Program?
To be eligible for admission and qualify for the free services offered through SSS, students must demonstrate academic need and met one of the following eligibility criteria:
- be a first-generation college student
- demonstrate financial need (or low income status)
- have a documented disability, including LD and/or ADD with documentation on file in the Office of Disability Services.
How can I join the Student Support Services Program?
Applications, as well as information packets, are available in the SSS office, located in 145 Sparks Hall. Potential participants must complete an initial contact form, which is available in the office. Once completed, the student must schedule an intake appointment with an SSS Counselor. After the intake appointment, you will be notified within 1-2 weeks whether or not you were accepted into the program.
What free services can I take advantage of as an SSS participant?
- Individualized Tutoring
- Academic Problem Solving Skills Assistance
- Personal Counseling/Advisement
- Assistance with Degree Planning and Course Selection Academic Counseling/Advisement
- Grant Aid
- Career Counseling/Advisement
- Child Care Assistance (C.C.A.M.P.I.S. Grant)
- Individual Action Plan
- Advocacy
- Computer Lab Access with Free Prints/ Copies
Current Participants
The purpose of the SSS program is to help you throughout your college career by making accessible to you the necessary tools and resources needed for degree completion. Because the program can serve only a limited number of participants, it is very important that, once accepted, you utilize every possible services offered.
As a current SSS participant, you are expected to:
- Use the services offered on a weekly basis until graduation (i.e. workshops, computer lab, tutoring, counseling, etc.)
- Complete a Semester Review with a Counselor prior to each semester’s midpoint
- Attend at least one academic and/or Childcare workshop (if applying for grant aid)
- Notify SSS if any of your contact information has changed.
SSS News and Events
Contact Information
Martha Fowler, Project Director
145 Sparks Hall
3-1676
Deidre Steed, Assistant Director
145 Sparks Hall
3-1682
Donnia Turner, Educational Program Specialist
145 Sparks Hall
3-1681
Kevin D. Chapman, Jr., Senior Administrative Coordinator
145 Sparks Hall
3-1680
145 Sparks Hall
404-413-1680
Fax: 404-413-1675
Email: oeosss@gsu.edu
