National TRIO Day
Saturday, February 28, 2026
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The day includes celebrations of student success, advocacy for educational access, and community service events like food drives, voter registration, and volunteering. Congress officially established this day in 1986 to recognize the programs' life-changing impact.
National TRIO Day is a day of celebration, reflection, and action around increased access to higher education for disadvantaged students. Federal TRIO programs help low-income and first-generation students enter college and earn a college degree. Every year on the last Saturday of February, high school and college students, teachers, members of Congress, local officials, TRIO program staff, participants, alumni and many others:
Celebrate the positive impact of federal TRIO programs in our communities throughout the nation
Reflect on the importance of educational opportunity programs in creating a fairer society for all Americans
Act to protect and further access to higher education for low-income and first-generation students
This event is recurring on Saturday, February 27, 2027.
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This event was added on Friday, October 31, 2025 and was last updated on Friday, October 31, 2025 at 10:45 a.m.