Program Resources
PUENTES - Culturally Wealth Model for Student Success www.utrgv.edu/puentes
"PUENTES- A Cultural Wealth Model for Student Success is a U.S. Department of Education research-based grant that aims to improve student success at UTRGV through culturally sustaining pedagogy in the classroom, culturally responsive praxis in student services, the expansion of ethnic studies, and culturally relevant family engagement to assist parents of first-generation college students in gaining a better understanding of college culture."
Nurturing Ethnic Studies in the Borderlands https://www.utrgv.edu/puentes/grants/index.htm
In partnership with the Mellon Foundation MAS is happy to support the Mellon-Puentes Fellowship Program which will provide faculty development to Humanities and Humanities-adjacent faculty with three years of support to create and implement a new Ethnic Studies course at UTRGV. In addition, the program will support MAS Undergraduate Student Research and support the nurturing and strengthening of MAS at UTRGV.
Latinx Museum Internship Program
MAS in partnership with the Institute of Library and Museum Services is proud to provide UTRGV undergraduate and graduate students from any major the opportunity to participate in a paid summer internship at Latinx Museums in the Rio Grande Valley and New Mexico. For additional information please visit https://www.utrgv.edu/puentes/news/index.htm
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