{"id":108428,"date":"2020-04-13T12:28:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T16:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=108428"},"modified":"2025-06-23T16:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:37:30","slug":"ucf-hispanic-students-to-get-new-support-in-stem-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-hispanic-students-to-get-new-support-in-stem-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"麻豆原创 Hispanic Students to Get New Support in STEM Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded 麻豆原创 a grant of more than $1.8 million through its Improving Undergraduate STEM Education HSI program to support the success of Latino and other underrepresented students pursuing a major within STEM fields.<\/p>\n

Last year, 麻豆原创 was designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the U.S. Department of Education. This designation is for higher education institutions that serve more than 25 percent Hispanic\/Latino undergraduate students. As of Fall 2019, 28.3 percent (16,848) of 麻豆原创\u2019s undergraduate student body identified as Hispanic\/Latino.<\/p>\n

This is the first HSI grant of its kind, which 麻豆原创 has been awarded to improve student learning. The designation opens doors to more grants, specifically those which are intended to help underrepresented students.<\/p>\n

This grant will aid in the development of a scalable educational ecosystem for building STEM capacity at HSIs, says Pegasus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineer Ronald DeMara, the principal investigator on the grant.<\/p>\n

Co-investigators on the grant include Professor Florencio Hern\u00e1ndez and Assistant Professor Laurie Campbell.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that this grant will be a source of inspiration and encouragement for all underrepresented communities in the region to unite efforts and celebrate achievements as one family.\u201d \u2014 Florencio Hern\u00e1ndez<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

DeMara identifies the project\u2019s four pillars of reach as follows:<\/p>\n