Enhancements    

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO'S HISPANIC SERVINGNESS PROGRAM FOR EQUITY IN STUDENT HEALTH AND SUCCESS

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO'S HISPANIC SERVINGNESS PROGRAM FOR EQUITY IN STUDENT HEALTH AND SUCCESS
PI: Thenral Mangadu
Co-PI: Stacy Wagovich, Jason Mallonee, Johana Rocha, Paul Carrola, Eunae Han, Johannes Strobel
Sponsor: US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Minority Aids Research Center
Amount awarded: $3,000,000

The overarching goal of the \"UTEP Hispanic Servingness Program for Equity in Student Health and Success\" is to advance Hispanic students' post-secondary success and quality of life through strengthening equity in access, engagement, retention, and achievement while also addressing social and emotional learning needs. The program addresses Priority 1 (Meeting Students' Social, Emotional, and Academic Needs), Priority 2 (Increasing Postsecondary Education Access, Affordability, Completion, and Post-Enrollment Success), and the Invitational Priority (Addressing the Impact of COVID- 19 on Students, Educators, and Faculty). Primary long-term outcomes include (a) building organizational capacity for Hispanic student success by increasing the number of peer educators and trainers; (b) developing sustainable processes for addressing students' social, emotional, and academic needs; (c) increasing Hispanic students' equity in access to resources; (d) increasing semester-to-semester retention of students through engagement; (e) increasing progress to graduation metrics; (f) enhancing social mobility for UTEP students; (g) building organizational capacity to lessen the continued impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; and (h) fostering student post-secondary equity and success through programs that holistically address student well-being and education.

Posting date: Fri, 09/27/2024

Award start date: Tue, 10/01/2024
Award end date: Sun, 09/30/2029