NMU 2025 SSS grant narrative

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Northern Michigan University $371,715 on September 1, 2026, under the TRIO Student Support Services program (CFDA 84.042). The award funds student support services delivered at the Marquette, Michigan campus through August 31, 2027. Northern Michigan University's Financial Services Division administers the grant to enhance retention and graduation rates for disadvantaged college students, including low-income students, first-generation students, and students with disabilities, and to facilitate their transfer from two-year to four-year institutions. The program supports services designed to improve financial and economic literacy, foster institutional climate for students with limited English proficiency, students from historically underrepresented groups, students with disabilities, homeless students, students in or aging out of foster care, and other disconnected students.