{"id":8871,"date":"2023-04-21T20:56:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T20:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/?p=8871"},"modified":"2023-04-18T21:02:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T21:02:35","slug":"grant-to-help-first-gen-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/21\/grant-to-help-first-gen-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant to help first-gen students<\/em><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Foundation to give full-ride scholarships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Texas A&M University Kingsville (TAMUK) announced a $1.4 million grant received from the Hector and Gloria Lopez Foundation (HGLF), on April 5 as part of a celebration of higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fifteen first generation Latino students, selected at random,  will be awarded with the grant, and followed by the foundation for five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students receiving the grant will be given full rides to the university and access to housing, study abroad programs, paid internships, tutoring and mentors throughout their time in college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to follow them for five years with every support that we can possibly help them with, and we know that the university is the correct partner to help us,\u201d Foundation CEO and nephew to Hector and Gloria Lopez, Sergio Rodr\u00edguez, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The HGLF also announced partnerships with four other universities – Texas A&M International, Texas State University, St. Edward\u2019s University and the University of Texas at San Antonio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re a brand-new private foundation, this is our second year, and this our first full year of grant making, but we anticipate that our partners are strong and intentional in the way they serve students,\u201d Rodr\u00edguez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The partnerships come after Texas\u2019 30×60 plan, which calls for 60 percent of Texas\u2019 working-age class to receive either degrees or postsecondary credentials before 2030. According to the foundation, in order to reach this goal at least 285,000 Latino students must complete a degree or certificate each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy aunt and uncle growing up or living in Alice as they did for so many years, they really wanted to see Latinos go to college,  what they saw in Alice was really the beginnings of something that applies here, that they wanted to change across the state, so we are 100 percent dedicated to higher education opportunity for Latinos here in Texas, and I don\u2019t think there\u2019s another foundation that  really does that,\u201d Rodr\u00edguez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The university is appreciative of this new partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is going to be a model that we can all aspire to replicate, to magnify for all students,\u201d TAMUK President Dr. Robert Vela said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program will start in the fall of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know how to get students through the finish line, but this is a whole new way of doing, because it\u2019s no longer \u2018let\u2019s just get them through but let\u2019s get you through as a scholar.\u2019 <\/em> That\u2019s a whole different mindset. That\u2019s the whole commitment and spirit around excellence that we\u2019ve been trying to achieve,\u201d Vela said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The university can reapply for the grant again in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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