{"id":4,"date":"2012-10-17T17:31:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T22:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/st-olaf-college-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T10:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:02:18","slug":"educational-talent-search","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/","title":{"rendered":"TRIO Educational Talent Search (ETS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Clara Willette, Rontrell Toney-Bacon, Jake Husaby, Angel Cielo-Flores, Nahlah Mkaouri, Nimo Maadey\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2019\/07\/Clara-Willette-Rontrell-Toney-Bacon-Jake-Husaby-Angel-Cielo-Flores-Nahlah-Mkaouri-Nimo-Maadey-1600x1200.jpg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( min-width: 960px ) {\n\t\t\t#site-panel__image-overlay-69ddfb3577382 {\n\t\t\t\theight: 800px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n    \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-69ddfb3577382\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-center vert-middle\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title bold\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTRIO Educational Talent Search (ETS)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>TRIO ETS is a college prepatory program for underrepresented high school students to increase the likelihood that participants learn about careers, college and financial aid, complete high school and gain admission to and ultimately graduate from postsecondary programs.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/trio\/application-materials\/\" target=\"\">APPLICATION MATERIALS<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__micronavbutton panel panel-micronavbutton 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\thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/outcome-data\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">Objectives and Outcome Data<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"175\" data-attachment-id=\"1891\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/educational-talent-search\/copy-of-trio_stolaf_1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2025\/06\/Copy-of-trio_stolaf_1.png\" data-orig-size=\"762,175\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Copy of trio_stolaf_1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2025\/06\/Copy-of-trio_stolaf_1.png\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2025\/06\/Copy-of-trio_stolaf_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1891\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>ABOUT St. Olaf TRIO ETS<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ST. OLAF TRIO EDUCATIONAL TALENT SEARCH (ETS)<\/strong> is a college preparatory program funded by the U.S. Department of Education&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ope\/trio\/index.html\">TRIO Programs<\/a> with St. Olaf College sponsorship. The goal of ETS is to increase the likelihood that participants learn about careers, college and financial aid, complete high school and gain admission to and ultimately graduate from postsecondary programs. St. Olaf TRIO ETS staff work in cooperation with school counselors and teachers to identify students who may qualify for our program, require additional support in completing high school, and demonstrate an interest in postsecondary education. St. Olaf ETS is an early intervention program that annually serves 700 participants from the following target schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2023\/01\/TRIO-ETS-Brochure-Final.pdf\">Click here for our brochure.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpapk12.org\/aboutcpa\/partnerships\">Community of Peace Academy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/humboldt.spps.org\/students\/career-and-college-resources\/st-olaf-educational-talent-search-ets\">St. Paul Humboldt Secondary School<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/edison.mpschools.org\/resources\/college-access-programs\">Minneapolis Edison High School<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/northeast.mpls.k12.mn.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minneapolis Northeast Middle School<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in our Target schools listed above and would like your student to participate, go to the link provided below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/stolaf-ts-pub.studentaccess.com\/appform\/default.aspx?guid=bd0b6d0c-bbf4-4472-9730-24e70c6fa92c\">St. Olaf TRIO ETS Application<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/trio\/\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about TRIO and Educational Opportunity programs at St. Olaf College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-small-font-size\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__masonry_gallery panel panel-masonry_gallery site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"masonry-gallery\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper  masonry-gallery\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__layout site-grid__layout--weighted-right\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block c-content-block--1\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure  class=\"c-content-block__img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Geberelwa (Gabby) Animut &#038; Naw Ka You (Poemuchi) Paw HUM 2021\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2021\/08\/Geberelwa-Gabby-Animut-Naw-Ka-You-Poemuchi-Paw-HUM-2021-1-600x600.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 960px) 50vw, \n100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2021\/08\/Geberelwa-Gabby-Animut-Naw-Ka-You-Poemuchi-Paw-HUM-2021-1-520x300.jpg 520w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2021\/08\/Geberelwa-Gabby-Animut-Naw-Ka-You-Poemuchi-Paw-HUM-2021-1-600x600.jpg 600w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-content-block__preview u-cc-gold\">\n\t\t\t\t\tTRIO Success Stories\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&mdash; Read about TRIO ETS Alumni!\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__wrap u-cc-gold\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"c-content-block__title\">TRIO Success Stories<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"c-content-block__desc\"><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/success-stories\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"btn btn--xs\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   target=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead about TRIO ETS Alumni!\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block c-content-block--2\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure  class=\"c-content-block__img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Geberelwa Animut, Destiny Randle, Htoo Ta Mla Wah, Mao Her, Nhia Her, Michael DaCruz, Claudevyon Sharieff\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2019\/07\/Geberelwa-Animut-Destiny-Randle-Htoo-Ta-Mla-Wah-Mao-Her-Nhia-Her-Michael-DaCruz-Claudevyon-Sharieff-600x350.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 960px) 50vw, \n100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2019\/07\/Geberelwa-Animut-Destiny-Randle-Htoo-Ta-Mla-Wah-Mao-Her-Nhia-Her-Michael-DaCruz-Claudevyon-Sharieff-520x300.jpg 520w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2019\/07\/Geberelwa-Animut-Destiny-Randle-Htoo-Ta-Mla-Wah-Mao-Her-Nhia-Her-Michael-DaCruz-Claudevyon-Sharieff-600x350.jpg 600w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-content-block__preview u-cc-gold\">\n\t\t\t\t\tMentoring Program\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&mdash; Check it out!\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__wrap u-cc-gold\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"c-content-block__title\">Mentoring Program<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"c-content-block__desc\"><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/mentoring-program\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"btn btn--xs\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   target=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCheck it out!\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block c-content-block--3\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure  class=\"c-content-block__img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"John Lor. Leng Yang, Ra&#8217;Jon Woods\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2019\/07\/John-Lor.-Leng-Yang-RaJon-Woods-600x350.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 960px) 50vw, \n100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2019\/07\/John-Lor.-Leng-Yang-RaJon-Woods-520x300.jpg 520w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2019\/07\/John-Lor.-Leng-Yang-RaJon-Woods-600x350.jpg 600w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-content-block__preview u-cc-gold\">\n\t\t\t\t\tNewsletters\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__wrap u-cc-gold\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"c-content-block__title\">Newsletters<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"c-content-block__desc\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2024\/10\/24-25-St.-Olaf-TRIO-ETS-Fall-Newsletter.pdf\">Fall Newsletter 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2026\/03\/Winter-Newsletter-26-4.pdf\">Winter Newsletter 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2025\/05\/TRIO-ETS-Spring-2025-Newsletter.pdf\">Spring Newsletter 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2024\/07\/Summer-Newsletter-2024.pdf\">Summer Newsletter 202<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block c-content-block--4\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure  class=\"c-content-block__img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"CPA, HUM Group Photo\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2019\/07\/CPA-HUM-Group-Photo-600x600.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 960px) 50vw, \n100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2019\/07\/CPA-HUM-Group-Photo-520x300.jpg 520w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/files\/2019\/07\/CPA-HUM-Group-Photo-600x600.jpg 600w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-content-block__preview u-cc-gold\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent and Parent Resources\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&mdash; Learn More\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__wrap u-cc-gold\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-content-block__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"c-content-block__title\">Student and Parent Resources<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"c-content-block__desc\"><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/student-parent-resources\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"btn btn--xs\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   target=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Array<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":113,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1934,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/1934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}