ASPIRE
ASPIRE represents the six states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Utah
140 TRIO Programs
TRIO Programs include: Educational Opportunity Center, Ronald E. McNair Program, Student Support Services, Talent Search, Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math and Science, and Veterans Upward Bound
More than 300 TRIO Professionals
Serving more than 45,000 students
Black Lives Matter
Today, as the entire nation seeks peace and justice, ASPIRE Inc. stands in solidarity with Black communities, including our TRIO professionals, students, participants and alumni impacted daily by racism, violence, and systemic oppression. We [...]
Colorado State University awarded the Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Mikaela Elder, a current participant in the Student Support Services Academic Advancement Center at Colorado State University, was recently awarded the Barry Goldwater Scholarship. Regarded as the most prestigious scholarship given to undergraduate students in [...]
Montana TRIO Student Leadership Conference
In late March, the weekend before the MTASPIRE state conference, TRIO SSS programs across the state held the first (hopefully) annual TRIO Student Leadership Conference in Helena, MT. Staff from several TRIO SSS programs planned [...]
Sen. Thune visits DWU
Senator John Thune was on the Dakota Wesleyan University campus last week during the National TRIO Day. We talked with him about the reauthorization of higher education, and I thought it went well. In addition, [...]
TRIO Day in Colorado
TRIO Day was a huge hit! We invited all programs and their students throughout the state to celebrate with us in Denver at the State Capitol. We had over 100 attendees - the most we've [...]
University of Montana food pantry opens
The ASPIRE Community Service Project at the 2018 ASPIRE Conference in Missoula, Montana was to help this project. https://kxlf.com/cnn-regional/2019/02/13/um-unveils-new-resource-to-combat-student-hunger/