City College received a $3.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education Sept. 29 to help low-income and Hispanic/Latino students involved in STEM courses: science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
According to Rick Brewer, City College’s public information officer, the grant will be spent developing the STEM Equity and Success Initiative (SESI).
“Anytime you can get a substantial amount of money from the government to help implement a program, it’s a big deal,” Brewer said in an email.“This is especially so, because it targets our Hispanic/Latino and low-income students.
Those groups have historically been underrepresented when it comes to majoring in science, tech, engineering and math or finding careers in those fields.”
In 2015, City College received a $2.5 million grant to develop Students in a Global Economy program. A Hispanic Serving Institution requires a college to have 25 percent of its student body identify as Hispanic or Latino. City College is now at 30 percent, according to Brewer.
The SESI program will target first-year students of Hispanic and/or low-income backgrounds. The program will provide them with a series of wrap-around services to encourage success in STEM majors at City College.
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Jim Collins, dean of Science and Allied Health at City College, was instrumental in the work involved to receive the national grant and the college’s SESI project director.
“We are proud that the government sees our STEM Equity and Success Initiative as worthy of investment, because it’s an investment in our students,” said Collins. “We know that degrees and careers in science-related fields can provide financial and career stability for many people. Now we have a mechanism to reach even more of them.”
More than 200 colleges applied for the grant and City College was one of only a handful of colleges to receive the award.
Interim President Michael Poindexter said receiving the grant proves City College’s commitment for students to succeed.
“This grant provides another great example of how we at this institution are committed to helping our Hispanic/Latino and low-income students succeed,” Poindexter said in an email. “The effort that went into drafting and submitting this winning proposal was exceptional. We expect this program to be one that other colleges will look at in the future.”
City College received HSI designation in 2015.
