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title: TRiO Talent Search Students Visit the Windy City
description: Thirty students and four staff members from the TRiO Talent Search Program embarked on a cultural enrichment trip to Chicago on June 4-6.
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# [TRiO Talent Search Students Visit the Windy City](https://blog.hocking.edu/trio-talent-search-students-visit-the-windy-city)

 Written by [Tim Brunicardi](https://blog.hocking.edu/author/tim-brunicardi) | Jun 20, 2019 5:48:00 PM

Thirty students and four staff members from the [TRiO Talent Search Program](https://www.hocking.edu/academic-support#trio) embarked on a cultural enrichment trip to Chicago on June 4-6.

Hocking College's TRiO Director, **Molly Watson**, alongside Missy Jones (Southern Local Schools), Lynann Bolyard (Trimble Local Schools), and Morgan Hutchison (Tri-County Career Center), coordinated a trip in which they each took 10 students from their schools to Chicago. This trip served as a reward to those students for all the hard work they did throughout the school year.

### What Activities Did the Students Do?

In addition to taking both a bus and riverboat tour, the students and coordinators enjoyed the following attractions during their trip to Chicago:

- Navy Pier
- Cloud Gate at Millennium Park
- Shedd Aquarium
- Natural History Museum
- 360 Chicago
- Lincoln Park Zoo

### What is TRiO Talent Search?

TRiO Talent Search is a federally funded educational access program which has been awarded to Hocking College since 2002.

The goal of the TRiO Talent Search Program is to provide student-centered support to 600 individuals who are first-generation and/or low-income, and who might not otherwise have the opportunity or personal support to graduate from high school or enroll into post-secondary education.

TRiO Talent Search has coordinators in three area schools, including Trimble Local and Southern Local middle and high schools, as well as Tri-County Career Center. Services include but are not limited to the following:

- Assistance with academic support/tutoring
- Secondary course selection
- FAFSA completion
- Scholarships
- College admission & test preparation
- Campus & career exploration visits
- Financial literacy

### How is TRiO Funded?

The TRiO Access Program is funded by a grant from the [U.S. Department of Education](https://www.ed.gov/) and operates out of Hocking College.

### How Can I Get More Information About TRiO?

Students who are interested in TRiO Services can contact TRiO Director, Molly Watson, by email at **[watsonm10970@hocking.edu](mailto:watsonm10970@hocking.edu) **or by phone at **(740) 753-7159**

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