[From Erie Blogs] Gannon University has been awarded a Student Support Services (SSS) grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant is renewable for up to five years for an overall total of $1.1 million.
The first year of the grant is for $220,000. The grant, the first of its kind ever awarded to Gannon, will allow the University to expand and enhance the academic support services it offers to students. Of the institutions applying for the grants, Gannon was one of a small number to be chosen as first-time recipients.
“Gannon is truly honored that the U.S. Department of Education has recognized the University’s focused efforts on expanding academic support services for students by making it one of only 117 new institutions out of a total of 1,026 that received a Student Support Services grant this year,” said Gannon University President Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D.
“This competitive award is being made at a perfect time as we formally open our new Student Success Center, which will increase academic and tutoring services for our students.”
The 13,000-square-foot Student Success Center includes the Academic Advising Center (AAC), Programs for Students with Learning Disabilities, Math Center, and Writing Center, among others. Those programs previously were spread across campus; but they are now housed together on the first floor of the University’s Palumbo Academic Center, 824 Peach St.
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