Summit-to-Success Scholars Program

Join us for a jump-start on designing your Trinity experience and preparing to navigate college successfully!

The Summit-to-Success (S2S) Scholars Program is a high-impact, cohort-based program designed to support new students’ successful transitions and academic engagement in college.

S2S Scholars will identify their innate strengths and talents, begin to build their campus eco-system, practice Design-Thinking skills, and learn to connect the dots between foundational competencies, co-curricular experiences, and the development of a current and future life plan.

FAQ

Interactive, dynamic workshops, outings, and activities will be led by Trinity Faculty, S2S peer mentors, and staff from key departments. Students will be guided through self-assessments and design thinking practices, connected with advisers and coaches for college success skills and strategies, and invited early to immerse themselves in the cultivation of Trinity’s campus resource network, while designing a preliminary first-year plan.

Students should plan to move on to campus on Saturday, August 29 and will participate in the S2S Scholars Program prior to New Student Orientation. Students will remain engaged and present for the duration of the program from Saturday, August 29 to Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Meals will be provided, throughout the duration of the program, and students will be housed in their regular, academic-year dorms.

Yes! S2S Scholars will participate in Trinity’s New Student Orientation Program after our in-person, on-campus S2S Scholars Program.

All first-year members of the 2030 class are eligible.

Please note that students may register for only one pre-orientation program.

Fall athletes should discuss potential scheduling conflicts with their coaching staff.

Students unable to participate in the S2S Scholars Program may contact [email protected], for related programs planned during the academic year.

The cost to participate in the S2S Scholars Program is $600 per student.

Financial assistance is available to those who qualify.

For questions & more information:

Contact the Director of Retention Strategy & Transition Programs, Roberta Rogers IDP’10, M’18, P’18, at (860) 297-2150 or [email protected].

As a previous member of the S2S orientation program, I found it extremely helpful and shaping for my time here at Trinity. I take the lessons I learned from S2S through the ups and downs of my college experience and the connections I made during that one week still hold strong today

2025 S2S Scholars Participant

S2S is always such a special way to begin each school year . . . I’ve gotten the privilege to be mentored by and mentor with amazing leaders at Trinity.

2026 S2S Scholars Participant

My experience in S2S showed me the kind of community that is special to Trinity College. Even though I arrived on campus not knowing anyone closely, I did not stay that way long.

2026 S2S Scholars Participant