Prospective Students
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TRiO Talent Search
TRiO Talent Search is an outreach program of information, educational enhancement and support. The program assists low-income, and/or first generation, potential college-bound students in grades six through twelve in the following schools: Kankakee High School, Kankakee Junior High School, Kennedy Middle Grade School, King Middle Grade School, St. Anne Community High School.
The program is administered at KCC through a U.S. Department of Education grant. Six hundred students are served in the TRiO Talent Search program each school year.
Services offered through Educational Talent Search are free and include:
- Counseling on academic and career planning
- Education on life skills
- Opportunities for tutoring
- Presentations on financial aid
- Information on college admissions requirements
- Help finding college scholarships
- Exposure to cultural events
- Summer enrichment experience
Is TRiO Talent Search right for YOU?
TRiO Talent Search Application
Office hours:
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
Phone:
(815) 802-8570
Staff:
Dr. Theresa Dixon
Director
(815) 802-8562
tdixon@kcc.edu
Jamal Hawkins
Assistant Director
(815)802-8574
jhawkins@kcc.edu
Cierra Davis
Coordinator of Access Services
(815) 802-8565
cdavis@kcc.edu
Akilah Stewart
Coordinator of Support Services
(815) 802-8569
astewart@kcc.edu
Barb Bills
Administrative Assistant
(815) 802-8567
bbills@kcc.edu