HHMI Inclusive Excellence
The HHMI Inclusive Excellence award allows us to provide mentoring to incoming BMED students, during the first year in the program. All BMED Peer Mentors complete the Eduology Peer Mentoring Certificate Course. The Eduology course “teaches students about the role, ethics, and skills involved in peer mentoring and provides practical assignments to help students apply learning to their peer mentoring sessions and reflect on the experience.”
In their roles as experienced navigators of college life, mentors facilitate a sense of community between students, the program, and the campus. This includes assistance connecting students with campus and community resources, such as academic advising services, assistance with course registration and orientation. BMED students meet with their assigned mentors at least twice per semester to share their progress and learn about important information and upcoming events.
HHMI Summaries and Learnings website link
HHMI IE Institutions tab webpage.
PARTNERSHIPS
Several partnerships have been formed by the HHMI Inclusive Excellence staff for the benefit of all BMED Program students.
These partnerships include:
The UTRGV Learning Center
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion
The DREAM Resource Center
The UTRGV Academic Advising Center
The UTRGV SOM HS2HP Pipeline
The UTRGV B2BMED Pipeline
All BMED Student Organizations
The UTRGV Undergraduate Admissions Office