The Graduate Student Center is funded in full by a Title V grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
In October 2009, Sul Ross State University was awarded a Title V Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) Grant from the United States Department of Education. The grant year began on October 1, 2009 for a five year period. The purpose of Title V Postbaccalaureate is to improve programs and services at the college through development of new initiatives and improvement of existing ones. SRSU’s grant “Puertas Abiertas” (Open Doors) is designed to increase Hispanic and other low income students’ attainment of graduate degrees and provide new pathways to these degrees for students in our vast region through distance education. The project will 1) expand existing degree programs in four high-demand fields (Education, Agriculture, Business, and English/Communication) by offering distance options, 2) update and expand the distance education infrastructure, 3) provide faculty development in distance instructional techniques/technology, 4) develop a new Graduate Student Center that will provide pro-active graduate support services, and 5) provide direct support to students through fellowships.
