Heartland Research Conference 2023 Committee Chairs Info and Ticket Prices
McNair Heartland Conference:
Recruiters Ticket & Dinner Ticket
Prices
We have three ticket options for recruiters to choose whether or not they want to purchase a dinner ticket. The Recruiters Ticket is broken down into three options for registration and purchasing your dinner ticket.
We have three choices for paying:
Recruiter Table only = $250.00
(only for Recruiter Table)
Recruiter Table + 1 Dinner Ticket = $250 + $70 =
Total amount $320.00
Recruiter Table + 2 Dinner Tickets = $250 + $140 = Total amount $390.00
McNair Heartland Conference:
Chair Committee Members
Please Contact the following Committee Chair Member for Questions:
Valdis Zalite
Director of TRIO and Educational Access Programs
Email: vzalite@semo.edu
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Kari A. Azevedo, Ph.D.
TRIO McNair Scholars Program, Director
Email: kazevedo@ucmo.edu
Providing Professional Development & Resources
to its members.
MO-KAN-NE (MKN) is the 3-state chapter of the Educational Opportunity Association (EOA), one of the 10 regional associations in the U.S. that form the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE). The Council represents TRIO programs nationwide.
There are 137 TRIO programs in the MKN service region with approximately 39 million dollars going to programs that help serve over 43,000 participants.
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What We Do
The Mission of the Missouri-Kansas-Nebraska Chapter of the Educational Opportunity Association is to:
Provide professional development and resources to its members
Provide assistance to income-eligible, first-generation, or underrepresented students, students with disabilities, and veterans in their effort to gain access to and succeed in post-secondary and graduate education;
Provide information regarding issues of equal access to higher education
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The Federal TRIO Programs are educational opportunity outreach programs designed to motivate and support students from disadvantaged backgrounds. TRIO includes eight programs targeted to serve and assist low-income individuals, first-generation college students, and individuals with disabilities to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to postbaccalaureate programs.