RADFORD -- RU alum Tyson Beale was this year’s keynote speaker at the Student Support Services (SSS) 15th Annual Awards Banquet on Sunday, March 22.

SSS is a federally funded program that serves students who are first-generation students, low income and/or have a documented disability. Since its inception in 1993, the program has assisted more than 2,240 students in obtaining their bachelor’s degree. The banquet acknowledged and celebrated the many accomplishments of the students in the program.

A former participant of the SSS program, Beale (pictured at left) recognized the obstacles first-generation students must overcome in order to be successful. After receiving his MBA from RU in 2002, he worked as a retention advisor/business orientation professor at the Earl G. Grave School of Business and Management at Morgan State University. Currently, he serves as dean of operations for the Baltimore City School System and is pursuing a Ph.D. in higher education with a concentration in administration/management and policy analysis.

For more information about SSS, please call (540) 831-6382 or email sss@radford.edu. The office is located on the first floor of Buchanan House.