New News is Good News

This past week marks a historic moment for TRIBE as we are excited to announce our first institutional partnership with TRIO Student Support Services (TRIO SSS) at Bloomfield College! This partnership will be instrumental in recruiting student interns for TRIBE.

About TRIO SSS

TRIO SSS is an academic support program at Bloomfield College, located in Bloomfield, New Jersey. This program primarily assists first-generation, low-income, and disabled students succeed through their higher education and graduate experiences within six years. TRIO’s services include individualized academic coaching, advising, educational workshops, financial literacy, provision of aid, various cultural activities, career and graduate school assistance, as well as other academic resources. The partnership with TRIBE will further expand TRIO SSS’s ability to provide opportunities and services to students.

About the Partnership

The partnership is in line with TRIBE’s strategic priority to strengthen team capacity and support the personal development of young students. Interns will gain valuable hands-on experience and work in different roles to develop their personal and technical skills, as well as contribute to TRIBE’s mission.

The inaugural interns are Nathalie Marin, an Accounting Major who will pioneer the Business Development Intern role and Ezequiel Soler, a Computer Science major who will pioneer the Program Intern role. Other roles include Multimedia and Marketing. Through this collaboration, TRIO SSS will be responsible for the recruitment of students with potential to intern during the academic year and summer period while TRIBE will facilitate their personal development.

From the Partners

Both institutions share excitement over the new partnership. The Director of TRIO SSS, Christina Dilkes, states, “The partnership between TRIO SSS and TRIBE currently allows TRIO SSS to place interns [with] TRIBE, but we hope that the partnership expands to the entire Bloomfield College community and to allow students from both [institutions] to travel to the other. TRIO SSS believes in TRIBE’s mission, which aligns with the tenets of the SSS grant, and excitedly awaits the growing collaboration”.

Wainright Acquoi, CEO and Co-founder of TRIBE commented, “We are excited to partner with TRIO SSS to recruit some of the best talents from Bloomfield College to support our work and to also create an opportunity through which we can support the personal growth of students who believe in and align with our mission”.

TRIBE’s Partnership and Development team drove the success of the partnership. “We are excited to work with TRIO and grow our partnership with the organization. This partnership signifies a major step for TRIBE and the ways in which we can support the personal development of young students,” added Demitria Wack, TRIBE’s Development Fellow who has been leading the strategic partnership outreach.

This collaboration will allow TRIBE and TRIO to further support students in the achievement of their personal and professional goals. Interest in these internship positions is already high, signifying a positive response to the partnership from students. Further information on TRIO SSS or TRIBE can be found on the respective websites.

TRIO SSS Program

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Author:

Morgan Jennings, TRIBE Program Fellow

Editor:

Wainright Acquoi, CEO & Co-Founder of TRIBE