SWASAP News

Keylan Morgan, TASSSP President was the first to email Teriki with all the correct answers to Teriki’s Trivia!  Congratulations, Keylan!  Your prize is coming!

Click to read the July edition of your TRiO Advocate.  Enjoy!

Are you a great singer? Do you play an instrument? How about the Spoken Word? Do you have a talent that you’d like to show off?

November 8, 2010
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Albuquerque, NM

$311.00 was raised for Fair Share, can we top that??
Last Year’s show was GREAT… Let’s make this year SPECTACULAR!!!
If you have any questions or would like to request a sign up form, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sandra Reyes-Garcia, M.A.M - Conference Talent Show Chair
TRiO Student Support Services
Clovis Community College
Clovis, NM 88101

It is with sincere mixed emotions that I write this update for the members of SWASAP. Effective June 21, 2010, I am longer employed with the ENMU-Portales Upward Bound Program. The current SWASAP By-Laws will allow me to continue to serve SWASAP; however, given the nature of my new position, I will be unable to continue my term as SWASAP Secretary. Therefore, I am respectfully resigning as SWASAP Secretary. I will still assist President Lofton in preparation for the August SWASAP Board Meeting.

I have resigned as the Director of Upward Bound and have accepted the Director of the Advising Center for Eastern New Mexico University. The last 13 years working with Upward Bound, I have met some of the most amazing, determined and inspirational individuals from students, parents, and colleagues.

Please note, I plan continue to pay membership in NMWTASAP and SWASAP and make fair share contributions to COE. As an SSS Alumni, I know the work, dedication and sacrifice that TRiO Programs and Staff make. My accomplishments are a result of the support I received from TRiO. I AM TRiO and TRiO WORKS!

Thank you for allowing me to serve SWASAP. I am entirely grateful for your support, encouragement and camaraderie.
Yours in TRiO,
Susan Cramp
Director, Advising Center
Eastern New Mexico University
Station 29
575-562-2338

The Southwest Association of Student Assistance Programs (SWASAP) invites you to participate in the Annual Conference scheduled for November 7-10, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Albuquerque, NM.  If you are interested in presenting, please access the call for proposals form here or for more information click here.

The submission deadline is October 1, 2010.

We are looking forward to an exciting and educational conference!
Linda Barker, Workshop Chair
Deborah Evers, SWASAP President-Elect and Conference Chair

News Flash!  The long awaited spring edition of the TRiO Advocate is now available.  Click here!

The scholarship committee  is excited to announce the 2010 competition is now open!  Please take the time to review the application guidelines before making the application available to your students.  Please click on the links to access the cover letter, application, and verification form.  If you have questions, please contact Brina Ford, Scholarship Chair, at 580-745-2883 or by email. 

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your condolences, thoughts and most of all your prayers. Many of you are in shock and have asked for information about Eddie’s sudden death. Eddie’s illness was fast and furious.  He was diagnosed with a viral infection on Wednesday, March 31st.  On Good Friday, April 2nd, he went to the hospital ER.  He was admitted with pneumonia.  His condition seemed to get better but then the infection went septic and complications began.   On Wednesday, April 7th, Eddie went into cardiac arrest and he passed away. 

We know that as a TRIO family we have so many good memories which we will always treasure. We know that each and every one of you has a special memory of Eddie and that he touched your lives just as he touched ours. 

Eddie is survived by his children Edward, Eric, Engelica, his grandchildren Lexi, Ariella, John, and Jordan, his mother, one brother, six sisters, and his wife Norma.

Sincerely,
The LEARN Inc. Staff 

Lee Ann Clark 
Educational Opportunity Assistant Director

Esmeralda Benitez
Talent Search Assistant Director

From the Lubbock online news:

CHANGING LIVES: LATE HISPANIC LEADER HELPED CHANGE THE FUTURE FOR MANY
Eddie Anaya, who emigrated from Mexico with his family in the 1950s and became the executive director of LEARN Inc., changed his life by getting an education and then established a 30-year career in which he helped others do the same.

The crowd at his funeral Monday, April 12, overflowed St. Joseph’s Catholic Church as they reflected on the life of the community leader. 

To view the rest of the article click here:  http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/041310/loc_605380284.shtml

We mourn with our LASAP TRiO colleagues in the passing of Avon Honey who dedicated his life to the service of others. May he rest in perfect peace. Barry Lofton, SWASAP President

Funeral Arrangements for Representative Honey are as follows:

Friday, February 19, 2010
Lie in State in the F. G. Clark Activity Center - Campus of SU-Baton Rouge 3:00pm - 5:30pm

Celebration of Life Service - 5:30 - 7:00pm

Saturday, February 20, 2010
Greater King David Baptist Church - 222 Blount Road, BR, LA

Viewing - 9:00am - 10:45am
Religious Service - 11:00am

Interment - Southern Memorial Gardens

Immediately following his interment, there will be a repast held at the New Light Baptist Church H.B. Williams Tower of Strength Building (corner of Scenic Hwy and Blount Rd).

The funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Hall Davis and Sons Mortuary.

More than 900 students packed the Oklahoma State Capitol House and Senate Chambers for the annual TRiO day Celebration.  Click here to view Channel 9 News coverage and to view the news video click here.