Heartland Community College names Tea Wheat Assistant Director of TRIO Student Support Services

 

[July 20, 2023]    Heartland Community College has filled a position to support college students with traditionally disadvantaged backgrounds.

Téa Wheat has been named Assistant Director of TRIO Student Support Services.

In her new position, Wheat manages the programming and services of Project RISE, the College’s TRIO program. Project RISE is an essential support services, providing opportunities for a diverse target population of students who are low-income, first-generation, and/or have a disability. The Assistant Director manages programing and services including academic, personal, career, and transfer counseling in support of program goals of retention, graduation, and transfer of students served by TRIO.

Wheat comes to Heartland Community College from Eastern Illinois University (EIU), where she worked in the Student Life Office. She holds a Master of Science degree from EIU and a Bachelor of Arts from Western Illinois University.

TRIO Student Support Services receives federal funding from the Department of Education.

[Steve Fast
Assistant to the President, Public Information and Communication
Heartland Community College]