AN EARLY START TO SUCCESS
About the Program
The Skyline Scholars Program is an invitation-based opportunity for selected students to move to campus two weeks early, begin their First-Year Experience (FYE) course, make friends, participate in workshops, and get to know Trinity.
What You’ll Learn
FYE Topic
All Skyline Scholars are enrolled in the "A Successful Life" First -Year Experience course. In this course, you will:
- Question how we can measure deep, long-term success
- Examine the surprising ways important figures have sought to define success
- Study contemporary examples of struggles to achieve artistic and scientific success
In addition to reading a range of classic and contemporary texts, we will discuss how you might finish your first year at Trinity with success and how you might extend that success along the road to graduation.
Workshop Topics
In addition to attending FYE classes, you will attend daily Skyline Scholar workshops focused on starting your life at Trinity with tools and skills for success. Topics to choose from include:
- Study strategies
- Managing life in college
- Tech @ Trinity
- Time and task management
- Library resources
- Mindfulness and wellness
- Strategies for building your coping toolkit
- Career Services and Experiential Learning
- Study Abroad opportunities
- Thriving in your first college math course
- LatinX Leadership
- Getting involved
- College research skills
You will also take part in community building activities, including:
- A campus scavenger hunt
- Volunteering at the San Antonio Food Bank or other community service
- Evening activities to connect with other students
There are so many people and services to help you. You can tell Trinity really wants to be there for the students and set them up for success. We aren’t just a number here.”
The workshops were useful in getting me more involved at Trinity!
I’ve gotten settled into my classes and my room and feel more comfortable in knowing my way to classes. My peer tutors are also amazing.
-2022 participants
Program Details
- The Skyline Scholars program is invitation-based, two-week early start, free program that includes housing and meals.
- Invited Skyline Scholars can view your schedule and move-in details in the admitted-student hub.
Information about your room assignment will be sent to you by the Residential Life Office. You will move into the room that will be your permanent living space for the academic year, so be sure to bring all of your personal belongings. University regulations related to campus living will be presented to students at a Residential Life session on move-in day.
Participant Eligibility
Invitations to join the Skyline Scholars program are sent mid-May via email to incoming students who meet any of the following criteria:
- A high school graduate of any of the following Trinity University partnerships:
- First-generation college student – parents/guardians did not graduate from college
- Exhibits financial need as determined by the CSS profile.
Students invited to join the program are encouraged to confirm interest in participation as soon as possible and no later than the deadline. If there is more interest than space allowed, students who meet multiple criteria will be prioritized for the incoming Skyline Scholar cohort. Final confirmation of program participation will be required once the final cohort has been determined.
QUESTIONS?
Contact
If you have questions or would like additional information concerning the Skyline Scholars Program, please contact @email.