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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Since 2018, the graduation rate for Latine/x students has increased from 24% to 34%. Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S.

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A Scholar Who is ‘Extending the Hand as He Climbs’

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But PSU’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) cultural groups helped him become acquainted with research, and, in 2018, he received an internship with the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). “It was very isolating, a culture shock for sure,” says Delgado.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

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It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 A first-generation Mexican-American and first-generation college student, Gonzalez says she has always been motivated to help her family move up the social mobility ladder.

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Penn’s Sniegowski Named Earlham President

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He advocates for first-generation, low-income students, participating in the establishment of the Penn First Plus Office and launching a student advisory board in 2018 to provide a voice for FGLI students in the college. Sniegowski holds a bachelor’s degree in music from the Indiana University School of Music; an M.A.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. by mentoring girls and young women to keep going in engineering. Watford says.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Approximately 33% of ASU’s enrollment is dual credit students (3,700 students taking both high school and college courses), 43% of whom are Latinos and first-generation college students. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino.

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Pride in the Halls

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In 2018, he wanted to get more involved with student programming, so he joined the college’s LGBTQ+ History Month committee. Over 80% identify as BIPOC or multi-racial and 51% are first-generation. We evolved our mentoring program so that it better serves the students we are supporting at this time,” says Valencia.