2026 Student Leadership Conference
EOA is thrilled to announce TWO TRIO & GEAR UP Student Leadership Conferences this fall — pick the location that works best for you! 🙌
📍 October 5, 2026 — Wichita State University
📍 October 19, 2026 — Avila University
✨ Both conferences will help students:
🔹 Strengthen leadership skills
🔹 Build lasting connections
🔹 Engage with the community
🔹 Learn from powerhouse sessions by the Kansas Leadership Center
📢 Register today and spread the word!
📍 October 5, 2026 — Wichita State University 📍 October 19, 2026 — Avila University
Share this with your students and staff so they can mark their calendars now.
Thank you for your continued support of TRIO/GEAR UP programs — we can't wait to see everyone this fall! 🍂💛
#TRIOWorks #GEARUP #StudentLeadership #SaveTheDate
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2026 Student Leadership Conference
McNair Heartland Research
30th Annual Conference🎉
🚨 Calling all McNair Scholars!
Ready to showcase your hard work and take the next step toward your Ph.D.? 🎓✨
Submissions are officially OPEN for the 2026 MKN Heartland McNair Research Conference!
Join over 200 brilliant peers from across the country to present your independent, faculty-mentored research, practice your presentation skills, and connect with fellow scholars.
🗓 Conference Dates: September 18–20, 2026
📍 What to expect: Oral presentations, professional development workshops, keynote speakers, and an incredible graduate school fair.
🎁 Bonus: Presenting scholars will be entered into exclusive scholarship drawings!
Don't wait—the scholar abstract portal and attendee registration open this month. Talk to your program director and submit your proposal today!
👇 Link to register and submit your abstract in our bio! https://sites.google.com/view/heartlandmcnair/home
#McNairScholars #UndergradResearch #TRIO #HeartlandMcNair2026 #PhDBound #MKNMcNair
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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.
Become a Member Today!
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
Ready to find out more?
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.