Wednesday, August 11, 2010

MCC-Penn Valley's Project Success receives nod for federal funding renewal!














The Project Success staff is all smiles after receiving renewal for program funding from the U.S. Department of Education.

The U.S. Department of Education recently informed MCC-Penn Valley that its Project Success program has been selected for approval to renew funding of $376,223 for one year. The notice also mentioned that it's anticipated that the grant will be for a total of five years.

Project Success is a Student Support Services TRIO program whose services include: tutoring, counseling, transfer assistance and cultural assistance. The program, run by Toni Alexander, is open to low-income, first-generation or disabled college students, and is designed to increase retention and graduation rates as well as assist with transferring to four year colleges.

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