Monday, April 22, 2013

Nolan Brown's TRiO SSS Success Story



Aloha e my name is Nolan Brown Jr. I am a third year sophmore here at windward community college. I have been going to WCC for three years now. In those three years I have graduated with four certificates in Agriculture. It may seem as if things are great but it wasn’t always that way. I grew up in a very functional family, went to numerous private elementary and high schools, but along the way I have made very bad decisions in life. I began abusing alcohol and drugs from intermediate days. Since then I have been incarcerated put in different substance abuse treatments. I, now live clean and sober with the help of Trio (the student support services) I wound not been able to find the support I needed to strive towards a new life or even stay alive.. Trio has given me all the tools to become successful and strive towards goals that I would have never imagined in my addiction. I truly believe that by making these cutbacks would be a catastrophic mistake for myself and many others try to become a functional member in society. Windward community college is a very supportive environment where individuals can learn in a setting that encourages the disadvantaged to goal set and become anything they want to become.

            Trio has been the most supportive setting I have encountered here at this campus. From what I hear there is no other that can compare to the services anywhere else. I have gotten peer mentoring, financial aid counseling, free computer access and printing, we were fed daily, i could continue on and on. I the staff here is awesome. Roy Inouye is a friend of mine. He has spent countless hour aiding in everyone’s success where you had a problem with class schedules, to registering for classes best suited for our learning skills, to personal issues someone might have. Roy spends more hours here working with individuals than he does at home. I see his dedication to this program. I hope you are able to see that this program works and I encourage you to continue your support in this program so that Trio is able to continue helping enrich the live of the future.

            Much Aloha Nolan Brown Jr. (A firm believer of the Trio program.)

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