The funding from the Office of the President’s College-Level Retention Proposals & Awards will be used for new initiatives and programs to holistically support students’ college experience.
DENTON (UNT), Texas – Advisors in the UNT College of Health and Public Service and staff from UNT TRIO Student Support Services (SSS), a federally funded academic support program that serves undergraduate students who are first-generation, Pell-eligible, and have disabilities at UNT, have received a total of $12,000 for two different retention initiatives to help HPS at-risk students. The goal is to help increase student grade point averages and Fall-to-Fall retention, as well as provide advisors with skill sets to address a variety of student needs beyond general academic planning. Ja’Tiara Armstrong, Brisa Finegan, Liz Perez and Amanda...