STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES (SSS) is an educational support program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and Sampson Community College. The mission of SSS is to encourage and assist students who are traditionally under-represented in post secondary education because of INCOME, FAMILY BACKGROUND, and/or DISABILITY in the completion of post-secondary education. Services, which include TUTORIAL ASSISTANCE, COUNSELING, and CULTURAL/EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES, are focused on individual needs at no cost to participants. Enrollment is open to eligible students with continuing access until graduation.

WHO ARE WE?
In Student Support Services we want to help students who have the potential to succeed at SCC. We offer services through federal funding that make these goals a reality for those students who join our program.

WHO CAN JOIN?
First, students who seriously want to achieve their potential in school! Second, those students who meet one or more of the following guidelines: · Be a first generation college student· Have a limited family income· Have a documented physical and/or learning disability Third, students who have a need for academic support and who want opportunities that will allow them to develop and feel better about themselves.

WHY JOIN?
We sincerely want you, our participants, to have that extra help you need to overcome any barriers to your ambitions. We don’t want any obstacles to prevent you from completing and benefiting from your college life and “becoming what you can become.”

WHEN CAN YOU JOIN?
You must be enrolled or accepted at SCC before you can be invited to join the Student Support Services program. Participation is voluntary. Students are identified and contacted each semester. Those students who are interested in joining, but have not received an invitation, should contact the Student Support Services office.

HOW DO YOU BENEFIT?
We offer you: college success inventories; tutorial assistance; computer assistance instruction; counseling support; career interest inventories; study skills techniques; personal/academic enrichment workshops, cultural/educational enhancement activities.