Hello NEOA, Happy Friday!! I'm writing this email to you while riding a coach bus back to VT with some very tired teens and chaperones, but also with lots of energy in the air because TRIO Day 2024 in Springfield, MA was a HUGE success. The last two days have been filled with college tours, inspirational talks, educational workshops, a college fair, yummy food, games, karaoke, LOTS of dancing and new friendships being made. I want to give a shout out and sincere thank you to TRIO Day co-chairs, Miguel Peralta and Arielle Derival for their hard work and creativity that went into pulling this annual event together. I also want to acknowledge their committee who helped make this event a success: Nina Vazquez, Richard Mutts, Jordan Romine, Jessica Coronel and Randy Schroeder-THANK YOU ALL! I'm sure you will see pictures on social media and in publications to come, but you can also check out President-Elect of NEOA and CAEOP President, Yara Zoccarato, being interviewed by Watch Channel 22 here <http://New England students unite in Springfield for TRIO Day Celebration | WWLP>. Have a great weekend everyone! Hope to see many of you at Policy Seminar and/or NEOA Conference in April! Best, Lindsay -- *Lindsay Carpenter *(she/her) *Director of Upward Bound* | Lyndon Institute 168 Institute Circle, P.O. Box 127, Lyndon Center, VT 05850 Ph 802-535-3636 | www.lyndoninstitute.org STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may include privileged or otherwise confidential information. Any unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, use, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this message in error, or have reason to believe you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.