Scholar Resources - Big Bend Community College

As a BBCC TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Scholar, you now have access to various resources/platforms that are only available for TRIO students! If you need assistance accessing any of these resources, please contact a TRIO SSS staff member.

iGrad

iGrad is a financial wellness platform for TRIO SSS students. On this platform you can access up-to-date scholarship resources, financial education courses, and more!

We highly encourage you to learn about these financial topics in year one of our program. In year two we encourage these additional financial topics.

Hot topic iGrad courses/tools

Courses	Tools
Creating a budget (and sticking to it)	Set up my budget
Setting up an emergency fund	Set up my emergency budget
Finding a scholarship to help pay for school	Scholarship search tool
Understanding credit reports and scores	Estimate your credit score tool

Sign into iGrad here!

If you need assistance logging in, contact a TRIO staff member.

Pathful explore

Pathful explore is an interactive career exploration platform with over 3,000 professionally produced job shadowing and career advice videos. Use the site to explore careers from a range of industries and fields, take career assessments, research and compare colleges, find scholarships and/or jobs (through Indeed.com), and more!

Top careers TRIO SSS students research on Pathful explore

Nurse
Engineer (civil, mechanical, aerospace, and more)
Dental Hygienist
Software developer (computer science)
Social worker
Attorney

Life Skills Videos Topics

First jobs
Financial literacy
Health & fitness
Job preparation
Leadership
Networking
Overcoming obstacles
Soft skills

Sign into Pathful explore here!

If you need assistance logging in, contact a TRIO staff member.

CliftonStrengths

Over 22 million people have taken CliftonStrengths for Students (formerly StrengthsQuest). This assessment measures 34 research-validated talent themes (organized into 4 themes*) and then guides the development of those talents into strengths with resources tailored for students.

Through CliftonStrengths learn more about what makes you uniquely you! Ask your TRIO advisor how to get started.

Strengths of TRIO SSS Team

Astrid	Includer	Relator	Achiever	Connectedness	Positivity
Elizabeth (Liz)	Learner	Includer	Arranger	Developer	Restorative
Jasmine	Connectedness	Individualization	Deliberative	Ideation	Empathy
Veronica	Deliberative	Developer	Relator	Connectedness	Achiever
Taylor	Woo	Positivity	Individualization	Ideation	Communication

Themes*:

Executing
Influencing
Relationship building
Strategic thinking

LASSI

The Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) is 60-item assessment designed to gather information on learning, study practices, and attitudes. The focus is on both covert and overt thoughts, behaviors, attitudes and beliefs that relate to successful learning.

LASSI assessment measures

Anxiety
Attitude
Concentration
Information Processing
Motivation
Selecting Main Ideas
Self Testing
Testing Strategies
Time Management
Using Academic Resources

Then, through the platform’s educational interventions (prescriptions), learn strategies and skills you can use to modify and expand your current set of learning strategies.

Ask your TRIO advisor today about how to get started!

TRIO SSS Online Tutoring

TRIO SSS online tutoring information coming soon. If you need tutoring assistance don’t wait! Big Bend Community College has a variety of tutoring options online or in person.

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