News Harris-Stowe State University FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Pier Scott 314.340.3391 or scottp@hssu.edu<mailto:scottp@hssu.edu> HARRIS-STOWE STATE UNIVERSITY WELCOMES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR FEDERAL TRIO PROGRAM Students Reside on Campus to Enter College-Prep Pipeline, Learn About Engineering Careers St. Louis, MO (July 6, 2016) - Harris-Stowe State University (HSSU) for the 21st consecutive year welcomes area students to its campus for a five-week intensive educational experience to increase the academic pipeline from middle school into post-baccalaureate programs. Twenty-three students from Jennings and Riverview Gardens High Schools are participating in the 2016 program. These students are part of the Educational Talent Search, a TRIO Program hosted by the University. This summer the emphasis is on various engineering disciplines. TRIO is a federal program that includes eight initiatives that assist low-income individuals, first-generation college students and persons with disabilities in matriculating through college. TRIO programs, including Upward Bound, Student Support Services and the Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Scholars, are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and designed to support disadvantaged students through their educational tenure at host institutions of higher education. This year, students will enjoy visits from a local meteorologist and representatives from the St. Louis Science Center, an environmental engineer from Republic Waste Management and the Army Corp. of Engineers. Congressman Joshua Peters, D-St. Louis (76th District) will speak to the students on the impact engineers have within the state and region's economy and infrastructure. Student participants attend the Jennings and Riverview Gardens High Schools. Several engineering companies will highlight apprenticeship opportunities, including Murphy Company, Local 562, Kaskaskia Engineering, ABNA, Ambitech, Alpha Packaging and Millepore Sigma. Students will also have the opportunity to tour the Physics and Astronomy department at University of Missouri-St. Louis and learn about biomedical research currently underway. Other tours and visits include, Saint Louis University's Department of Engineering and Dr. Nicholas Gardner, Chief Engineer for St. Louis County will enlighten students on the engineering objectives for St. Louis County. HSSU believes that TRIO programs provide an additional educational outreach for the community. TRIO Programs are more than federal programs; they are a philosophy of educational opportunity and equality for all. For more information on TRIO at Harris-Stowe, contact Linda Todoroff, director of Educational Talent Search at (314) 340-5796 or via email at TodorofL@hssu.edu<mailto:TodorofL@hssu.edu>. Pier Scott Director of Communications and Marketing Harris-Stowe State University 3026 Laclede Avenue St. Louis, MO 63103 (314) 340-3391 (o) or (314) 504.1386 (c) www.hssu.edu<http://www.hssu.edu/> scottp@hssu.edu<mailto:scottp@hssu.edu>