CSU Stanislaus is awarded $5.8 million in grants for student programs

California State University, Stanislaus has been awarded $5.8 million in federal grants to provide additional resources to underserved Hispanic and low-income students.

The funding is comprised of two Title V grants that are specifically for Hispanic-serving institutions.* CSU Stanislaus’ student body population is 30.7 percent Hispanic.

Grants:

Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program ($3,063,567 over five years)

• Purpose: Improve student engagement, retention and graduation rates with special attention to Hispanic and first-generation students
• Implementation: Refine and expand both (1) the first year experience program and (2) the student success and retention program

For more information: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/idueshsi/.

Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans Program ($2,759,418 over five years)

• Purpose: Improve graduate-student engagement, retention and graduation rates with special attention to Hispanic and first-generation students
• Implementation: Assess graduate students’ learning success in order to improve mentoring; better engage students via community-based curricula and research opportunities with the help of the Office of Service Learning

For more information: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/ppoha/.

“I appreciate all of the effort that was put into this proposal by our faculty and staff from many departments across the University,” said CSU Stanislaus President Hamid Shirvani.

*A Hispanic-serving institution is defined as having at least 25 percent Hispanic full-time equivalent undergraduate enrollment.