III. Administrative Experience 

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Sul Ross State University, Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost (1/1/2022-Present)

 

Sul Ross State University (SRSU) is a Hispanic-serving institution and comprehensive regional university in the Texas State University System. SRSU offers 60 undergraduate programs and 25 graduate degrees. We have seven colleges, 17 departments, and four campuses in Alpine, Eagle Pass, Del Rio, and Uvalde.  We have 209 faculty members and over 400 employees.

As the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, I am the institution's chief academic officer and the spokesperson for academic affairs. I oversee the University's academic activities, curriculum development, student success, institutional research, accreditations, assessment, library, centers and institutes, faculty recruitment, promotion, and tenure.

 

Direct Reports

• The Office of the Registrar

• The Office of Institutional Effectiveness

• Associate Provost for Research and Development

• Librarian, Wildenthal Memorial Library

• Dean of the Jimmy D. Case College of Literature, Arts and Social Sciences

• Dean of the College of Education and Professional Studies

• Dean of the College of Agriculture, Life & Physical Sciences

• Dean of the College of Health Sciences

• Dean of College of Graduate Studies

• Dean of the Rio Grande College of Business

• Dean of Rio Grande College of Humanities and Sciences

• Dean of Online and Distance Education Programs

• Assistant Dean of Student Success

• Blackboard Administrators and Instructional Technologists

• Online Distance Education Committee

  • Director of Online Teaching and Quality Matters Manager

 

All these initiatives and accomplishments have been a team effort that required the participation of deans, faculty, and staff.

 

Enrollment Initiatives and Accomplishments at SRSU

 

• New Marketing Campaign for Online Graduate Programs.  We partnered with 4A Media, part of Optimum Media, to develop a comprehensive marketing campaign for our graduate online programs.  Our graduate online enrollment has increased by over 20%. Our Hispanic headcount for our graduate online programs increased by 38% since 2022.

 

• New Marketing Campaign for Traditional Students. Worked with World Design Marketing to develop a three-year comprehensive marketing plan to recruit more traditional residential students. The marketing strategies include addressable geofencing of the home addresses of all the families of high school students throughout the SRSU region; geofence each high school in our service area; use of device attribution technology to identify every other device associated with these users to follow them across their computers, tablets, and connected TVs; send digital ads to targeted individuals based on key demographic targets; deliver highly targeted video ads using over-the-top media technology (OTT). We rounded out the strategy with local print, behaviorally targeted display ads, site retargeting, and high-visibility billboards to increase our reach and visibility. 

 

• Expanded Online Dual Credit Programs. We expanded our dual enrollment market by creating the Texas Core Curriculum synchronous online courses. The project’s focus was high-quality and consistent courses using Quality Matters standards. We created 24 new courses and delivered 42 new sections in the spring of 2024 and 80 new sections in the fall of 2024. We increased our dual credit enrollment from 59 to 502 students, a 900% increase. Overall, our enrollment increased by 40% in spring 2024 and 20% in fall 2024.
   

• Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).  We are in the process of accrediting our new College of Business with the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). ACBSP is a global business education accrediting body and the first organization to offer accreditation to all levels of collegiate business educational degree programs from associate to doctoral.

 

• Created New Partnerships. We have created partnerships with junior colleges to recruit more transfer students, high schools to recruit more dual enrollment students, and international institutions to recruit more international students. All of these have an important role to play in growing our enrollment. Here are some recent examples. High schools: Eagle Pass Independent School District (ISD), Marathon, ISD, Alpine ISD, Midland ISD, Fort Davis ISD, Presidio ISD, Fort Stockton ISD. Junior Colleges: Lamar State College Orange, Lamar State College Port Author, Lamar Institute of Technology; Midland College, Odessa College, College of the Mainland, Dallas College. Internation: Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, México; Universidad Politécnica de Piedras Negras, México: Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, México; Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan; Uttaranchal University Dehradun, India; University of Cordoba, Spain

 

• Seal of Excelencia. In 2024, we received the Seal of Excelencia. Exelecia's mission is to achieve success for Latino students in higher education. Excelencia is committed to significantly increasing the number of Latino students attaining college degrees by 2030 in partnership with institutions. As part of this commitment, Excelencia in Education established the Seal of Excelencia, a national certification for institutions that strive to go beyond enrollment to serve Latino students intentionally.

 

Retention and Student Success at SRSU

 

• Implemented Equitable Access Book Purchase Program. One major issue at our university is that students do not purchase their books on time. This leads to attrition and a decrease in student retention efforts. We have partnered with Follett to streamline students’ academic journey with industry-leading technology to empower them to get their course materials on time, making learning a smooth process for all.  At Sul Ross, for flat fee of $250, all students have access to all their textbooks. The $250 is included in their financial aid package, and texts are automatically provided to students on the first day of class. Students have the option to opt out of the program.

 

• Created the Assistant Dean of Student Success Position and the Lobo LEADS program. The Dean of Student Success oversees institution-wide student retention activities and services, oversees the First Year Seminar Program, coordinates the development of policies and procedures regarding academic advising and tutoring services, and oversees the implementation of fundamental policies improving student success. The Assistant Dean for Student Success reports to the provost. Data shows that SRSU retained freshmen participating in the LEAD program from 2023 to 2024 at a rate 23.5 percent higher than their peers.

 

• Created Faculty Mentoring Program. Created a faculty mentoring program in which students are assigned a faculty mentor. Each faculty mentor may have up to 10 mentees. The first iteration took place in the spring of 2023, and it included 13 faculty and 75 students. The second iteration took place in the fall of 2023, including 23 faculty and 158 students.
   

• Revamped our First-Year Seminar. The First-Year seminar is an essential vehicle for student retention and success. It is an opportunity to deliver an engaging program for students that provides them with a holistic curriculum and information about the University’s services. It also provides an opportunity to captivate their intellectual curiosity through stimulating content.
   

• Created Academic Retention Administrators (ARA) Positions. Departments have administrative assistants who have traditionally been focused on assisting faculty. We have modified our departmental administrative assistants’ job descriptions to focus on student needs, activities, clubs, etc.

 

• Created a Peer Mentoring Program. The peer mentors are second-year students who work with the faculty mentors, FYS instructors, and the Academic Retention Administrators. They are students who completed the first-year leadership program and the First-Year Seminar. Their objective is to help first-year students navigate the complicated world of higher education.
   

• Enhanced the University Student Leadership Program. The leadership program has been enhanced from a one-year program to a four-year program. This cohort of twenty students dedicates service to the institution annually by serving as peer mentors, ambassadors, FYS assistants, and Academic Retention Administrators assistants.

 

• Transformed Advising and Tutoring Office.  We have worked with the advisors to restructure the advising office. We have professional advisors for each college for all first-time college students. Once students choose a major, they are given an advisor within that major. We have a fully staffed advising and tutoring office and a 24/7 tutoring service. We aim to be more responsive to our student's needs and work more collaboratively with our faculty.

 

• Partnered with the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS). The NSLS is an organization that provides a life-changing leadership program that helps students achieve personal growth and career success and empowers them to impact their community positively. We started this program in 2024, and we have 37 students enrolled. Our goal is to reach 100 students in this program.

 

Vision and Leadership SRSU

 

• Completed the SRSU new 2022-2027 Strategic Plan. We completed the 2022-2027 Strategic Plan, which the Board of Regents approved in 2023.

 

• Completed our SACSCOC Fifth-Year Report. We completed the SACSCOC fifth-year report successfully through shared leadership and teamwork. We received only one recommendation from SACSCOC.

 

• Revised the Tenure and Promotion Process. We aligned tenure and promotion, so faculty go up for both simultaneously. We also developed a process that will provide constructive and beneficial feedback for candidates. We converted a manual process to a digital one, greatly enhancing our university’s faculty governance procedures.

 

• Created a Third Year Review. To ensure meaningful feedback during tenure track faculty’s probationary period, we created a Third-Year Review process that gives faculty significant input and time to make necessary changes to their dossier for a successful tenure and promotion process.

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• Created Faculty Onboarding Process. Created a two-day onboarding for all new faculty. The start of a faculty appointment is a threshold moment that provides an opportunity for new professors to develop a sense of belonging.

 

• Created the Annual Provost-Deans Retreat. The purpose of this retreat is to take time from our daily schedule, which consumes us with daily managerial duties, to reflect and think about “the big picture.” In thinking about the big picture, we want to create a safe space for leaders to express their visions of their academic units.

 

• Created the Annual President-Vice President Retreat. The purpose of this retreat is to provide time and space away from the university campus for the leadership of each of the institution’s divisions to reflect, discuss, and implement high-level strategies that align with the institution's mission, vision, and strategic plan. The 2024 was the first retreat of its kind, and we focused on enhancing the university's culture.

 

• Created a Chairs Professional Development Program. Created a cohort-based leadership development program for their Department Chairs and Directors. The provost recognizes the importance of developing leadership – especially at the unit head level, where many of the most critical decisions are made. Bringing a program in-house has multiple advantages, including being more cost-effective, developing a network of support among the Chairs, and ensuring the content is highly customized to SRSU’s context, which is important as the College is experiencing significant growth and change (hiring of two new Deans and the formation of two new colleges).

 

Faculty Morale and Institutional Culture at SRSU

 

• Communicated the Provost’s Vision and Value Statements. Higher education leaders ought to clearly express their vision and values to the community and stakeholders. I have published these on our Academic Affairs webpage: (https://www.sulross.edu/academic-affairs/). They are model ethical behavior; create transparency of information, processes, and decision-making; advance and protect academic freedom; practice and endorse shared governance; pursue excellence in curriculum development, teaching, and research; create an inclusive community in which every voice counts; support respectful and civil engagement; establish fair academic policies and implement them consistently; create a culture of trust among members of the institution.

 

• Developed a Comprehensive Faculty Salary Market Adjustment Plan.  Our faculty and adjuncts were extremely underpaid, and this affected faculty morale. We developed a three-year plan to make significant market adjuncts to faculty and adjunct compensation. The plan calls for 20% to 30% increase over three years for adjuncts, instructors, assistant professors, associate professors, and professors. This has significantly improved our campus culture.

 

• Created an Outstanding Online Teaching Award. Online teaching is central to our mission. The adoption of Quality Matters and the hiring of a Director of Online Teaching has significantly increased the importance of online teaching.  Another demonstration of the institution’s value of online teaching is creating a special award for online teaching.

 

• Created the Outstanding Faculty Scholars Award. We created the Outstanding Scholars Award in 2022 to emphasize the importance and value of research for career growth among the faculty.

 

• Created the Outstanding Faculty Service Award. We created an Outstanding Service Award in 2022 to emphasize the importance and value of service for career growth among our faculty.

 

• Created a Faculty Research Forum.  Created a humanities and science research forum to expose faculty to the research and scholarly expertise available across SRSU. The purpose of the research forum is to encourage interdepartmental collaboration, increase research productivity, and reinvigorate waning programs.

 

• Created a Faculty Recognition Ceremony. Created a faculty recognition ceremony dinner, which is held at the beginning of every academic year, to celebrate our faculty’s accomplishments, tenure, promotion, and awards.

 

• SRSU Received the Professors Regents Award in 2024. The Board of Regents of the Texas State University System annually recognizes exceptional teachers from TSUS member institutions with the Regents' Teacher Award. Regents' Teachers are selected based on their outstanding performance as educators, contributions to the development of courses, and use of innovative teaching methods, among other criteria. In addition to a commemorative medallion and board resolution, winners receive a $5,000 cash award and maintain the title of Regents' Teacher for the duration of their service within TSUS. SRSU’s Dr. Jennifer Miller-Ray received the award. The last time SRSU received this award was eight years ago in 2016.

 

• SRSU Received the Regents’ Student Scholar Award in 2024. The Board of Regents of the Texas State University System recognizes at least one outstanding student from a TSUS member institution each year with the Regents' Student Scholar Award. Student Scholars are nominated by institution presidents and selected by the chancellor based on their outstanding academic achievement and scholarship, leadership abilities, and contributions to the institution and their community. In addition to a commemorative medallion and board resolution, Regents' Student Scholars receive $5,000 credited toward their educational expenses. Student Scholars are formally recognized at the Board of Regents meeting each November. SRSU’s Jacob Spurlock received the award in 2024. Sul Ross has only received this award three time in the past 12 years.

 

Online Teaching and Learning at SRSU
 

• Created the Director of Online Teaching and Learning and Quality Matters Manager position. The director of online teaching and learning and QM manager oversees all the online training and professional development on campus. She works with instructional designers and technologists and ensures quality professional development is provided to instructors throughout campus. Over 70% of our faculty have completed the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric course in the last three years.
   

• Quality Matters Project. Quality Matters is the global organization leading quality assurance in online and innovative digital teaching and learning environments. Its mission is to promote and improve the quality of online education and student learning nationally and internationally through development of current, research-supported, and practice-based quality standards and appropriate evaluation tools and procedures; recognition of expertise in online education quality assurance and evaluation; fostering a culture of continuous improvement by integrating QM standards and processes into organizational plans to improve the quality of online education; providing professional development in the use of rubrics, tools and practices to improve the quality of online education; Peer review and certification of quality in online education. Over 80% of our faculty are trained in Quality Matters.

 

• Ranked Online Programs. In 2023, OnlineMastersDegrees.org ranked our Homeland Security and Political Science programs first in online learning in the U.S. Counseling was eighth, and Criminal Justice was ranked tenth. They are ranked by overall quality, affordability, and commitment to student success.
   

• 90% Graduate Online Programs. Over 90% of our graduate students are exclusively online (compared to 40% of our comparison group). We pride ourselves on developing excellent, quality online synchronous and asynchronous courses. See IPEDS for 2023.

 

New Programs and Developing the Curriculum at SRSU

 

• Curriculum Management System. We replaced the manual curriculum process with Curriculog, an automated curriculum management system. Curriculog automates the process of curriculum approval, helping colleges and universities approve course and program changes and improve communication about the curriculum across campus. This has significantly enhanced our curriculum development process. We had over 100 new curriculum changes in October 2024.

 

• Catalog Management System. We replaced a PDF catalog with Acalog, a real-time, engaging catalog management system that improves the process and efficiency.

 

• Created a New College of Business. The new College of Business developed the following new programs: MBA in Marketing, MBA in Information Technology Management, MBA in Finance, MBA in Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, MBA Global, MBA General, Masters of Science in Management, Masters in Cyber Security and Risk Management, Change Leadership and Communication Certificate, Advanced Financial Strategy and Control Certificate, Business Challenges and Cyber Risk Management Certificate, Digital Fraud and Risk Management Certificate, Strategic Business Analytics Reporting Certificate, Marketing Dynamics and Economic Decision Making Certificate,  and Strategic Leadership and Innovation.

 

• Created a New College of Health Sciences. The new College of Health Science consolidated our Departments of Kinesiology, Nursing, and our new Health Studies. This curricular reorganization will give Sul Ross the resources to grow its health-related degrees and provide new career opportunities in the health sciences for students.

 

• Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership. We are in the developmental stages of the first doctorate at Sul Ross State University. The new Doctorate will emphasize Leadership for Rural, Borderland, and Linguistically Diverse Communities and Specialize in PK-12 Leadership with Superintendent Certification Embedded and higher education leadership.

 

• Other New Program Development. Working to develop new programs in high demand and need for our region, we created new degrees in Forensic Science, Health Administration, Environmental Sciences, RN to BSN, Supply Chain Management, Organizational Leadership, and others.

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• We created the Water and the Desert Conference, which took place on January 18, 2024. We partnered with Texas Park and Wildlife, Environmental Defense Fund Rio Grande Research Center, the Texas Water Foundation, Texas Agriculture Land Trust, Texas Runs on Water, The Nature Conservancy, Dixon Water Foundation, Horizon Foundation, Still Water Foundation, Texas Well Spring, and King Land and Water. It was a collaborative effort with internal and external partners.

 

• Created the West Texas Water Research Center. We are at the planning stages of the West Texas Water Research Center. To start the Center, we received a $375,000 challenge grant from Horizon Foundation and a $7.5 million Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) grant from the Department of Education.

           

• Recruitment of New Professors. In the past three years, we have hired 42 new professors and three new deans to expand and reinvigorate our departments, degrees, and program offerings.

 

Institutional Grants for the past five years at SRSU

 

• We have 55 active grants with an award amount of $63,587,799 with over 7 million grants pending.
   

  • We have tripled the amount of outstanding grants since 2022, from 20 million to over 60 million.

  • In the past three years, we have received over 40 million in grants and over 7 million in pending grants.

  • We have tripled our grant awards in the last three years to 47 grants.
     

• 2020 6 grants for $11,379,510

  1. Assessing the sources of Pronghorn Restoration in the Trans-Pecos, Texas Parks, and Wildlife (2018-2025) $512,325

  2. GEAR-Up Project ReACH, U.S. Department of Education (DOE) (2020-2025) $6,277,600.  

  3. TRIO Student Support Services, 5-yeara (2020-2022) U.S. DOE $1,375,525.

  4. Title V – The Frontier Student Experience (2020-2025) U.S. DOE $2,883,386.                                                  

  5. Partners for Habitat, (2020-2025) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service $150,000.                   

  6. Restoring Marfa and Marathon Grassland Habitat for Wintering Migratory Birds (2020-2023) National Fish and Wildlife $180,674.

 

• 2021 8 grants for $ 11,725,943

  1. Fescue Rescue: A bi-national augmentation project (2021-2023) Texas Parks and Wildlife, $14,525.

  2. Museum of the Big Bend Capital Renovation (2021-2025) National Endowment for the Humanities $750,000.

  3. Advancing Chemistry. Improving Life (2021-2024) Welch Foundation $75,000.

  4. Noyce Scholars in La Frontera (2021-2026) National Science Foundation $1,333,429

  5. Mental Health Counseling Services in Southwest Texas (2021-2025) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (Via University of Texas-El Paso) $640,860

  6. TRIO Talent Search (2021-2026) DOE $1,395,200

  7. Title III, Part F Lobo Track to STEM Success (2021-2026) U.S. DOE $4,959,149                  

  8. Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) Advancing Graduate programs in La Frontera (2021-2026) $2,557,780

 

• 2022 12 grants for $15,900,505

1. Chiral Polyoxometalate (POM) (2022-2024) American Chemical Society $55,000      .

2. Native Seeds Development and Outreach for Grassland Restoration (2022-2023) National Fish and Wildlife Foundation $61,771.

3. Aoudad Impacts on Native Habitat (2022-2024) National Park Services $43,600

4. Greater Big Bend Conservation Initiative (2022-2027) U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Services $3,500,000.

5. Evaluating Barrier Permeability and Highway Crossing Locations of Pronghorn (2022-2024 Texas Department of Education $86,020.

6. Building and Construction Trades: Electrician, Plumber & Building Inspector Certification Program (2022-2023) $36,583.

7. Congressionally Funded Community Projects-Archeology, Anthropology, and Cultural Research Initiative (2022-2025) DOE $1,000,000.

8. BAM 2.0: Investigating Density-Dependent Competition Among Desert Bighorn, Aoudad, and Mule Deer to Identify Achievable Management Targets (2022-2029) Texas Parks and Wildlife $2,154,086.

9. TRIO Upward Bound (2022-2027) DOE $1,755,87

10. RIO Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program (2022-2027) DOE $1,309,440.

11. itle V-Creating a Culture of Care (2022-2027) $2,990,971.

12. PPOHA-Accelerating Opportunity and Access in West Texas (2022-2027) DOE $2,907,179.

 

• 2023 19 grants for $12,960,056

 

1. Small Business Development Center -Alpine (2023-2025) U.S. Small Business Administration $240,079.

2. Small Business Development Center -RGC (2023-2025) U.S. Small Business Administration $373,560.

3. Implementing a Needs Assessment for Promoting Restorative and Integrative Mental Health (2023) American Psychological Association $10,000.

4. Expanding Access and Increasing Capacity in Far West Texas (2023-2025) U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications, and Information Administration $2,770,417.

5. SRSU Theatre Program (2023-2024) The Brown Foundation $25,000.

6. Archives of the Bid Bend Digital Preservations (2023-2025) $5,160.

7. Grassland Habitat for Pollinators under Different Mowing Regimes at Fort Davis National Historic Site 2023-2027) National Park Services $68,150.

8. Assessing and Mitigating Potential Ecological Impact to Larger Mammals from Border Barrier Systems Construction and Installations in South Texas (2023-2027) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services $850,406.

9. Apache Corporation Grant (2023-2026) Apache Corporation $895,840.

10. Developing a Reliable Monitoring Program for Recolonizing Black Bears in the Trans-Pecos (2023-2027) Fish and Wildlife Service $817,065

11. Nursing Innovation Grant (2023-2025) $157,094.

12. Trans-Pecos Desert Grasslands and Riparian Conservation Initiative (2023-2027) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service $2,812,800.

13. Livestock Tanks for Migratory and Wintering Grassland Birds in the Trans-Pecos (2023-2026) $82,485.

14. Lower Canyons Research (2023-2024) National Park Foundation $30,113.

15. Trans-Pecos Grazing Lands Conversation Partnership: Enhancing Stewardship in an Arid Environment (2023-2025) U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Resources and Conservation Service $298,900.

16. Preserving and providing access to the Texas Map Research Center (2023-2025) $200,000.

17. Digital Transformation and Modernization in Far West Texas (2023-2028) DOE $2,993,974.

18. Trans-Pecos Grazing Lands Conservation Partnership Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service ,10/1/23 – 7/31/25 $298,900

19. Lower Canyons Research National Park Foundation, 10/1/23 – 9/30/24 $30,113

 

• 2024 18 grants for $11,425,133

 

1. Basic Needs Recognition Grants Swipe Out Hunger Katy Williams 1/1/24 – 12/31/24 $6,000

2. Presidential Plus Scholarship Permian Basin Area Foundation Enrollment Services 01/01/24 –12/31/25 $300,000

3. Museum of the Big Bend Elementary and Middle School OutreachPermian Basin Area Foundation Rebekah Antrosio 01/01/24 – 12/31/25 $5,500Summer Theater Program Brown Foundation Carolyn Barrientes 01/01/24 – 12/31/24 $25,000

4. Investigating Niche Plasticity Desert Bighorn Sheep Rob & Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation Justin French 01/01/24 – 12/31/24 $21,600

5. First-Generation Student Celebration Center for First-Generation Student Success 01/01/24 – 12/31/24 $1,000

6. Groundwater Monitoring Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District 1/15/24 – 1/31/25 $17,896

7. A Retrospective Approach to Guid Agricultural Literacy in the 21stCenturyU.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (transfer from Montana State University) 3/1/24 – 12/31/24 $101,486

8. Students Learn Students Vote NEO Philanthropy, Inc. Katy Williams 05/20/24 – 12/15/24 $4,500.

9. Departmental Chemistry Grant Welch Foundation Hong-Young Chang 06/01/24 – 05/21/27 $75,000.

10. Equipment Grant Welch Foundation Hong-Young Chang 06/01/24 – 05/31/25 $75,000

11. Creating and Sustaining Noyce Mentors en la Frontera: a HIS Collaborative Capacity Building Grant National Science Foundation Jennifer Miller 06/01/24 – 05/31/25 $149,521

12. Livestock Grazing Systems Within a Desert Ecosystem Dixon Water Foundation Carlos “Lalo” Gonzalez 07/01/24 – 06/30/27 $252,000

13. Harry Warren Collection Digitization Project Texas State Libraries an Archives Commission Victoria Contreras 07/01/24 – 06/30/25 $9,999Page 4 of 4

14. Active and Pending Grants as of September 20, 2024Nursing Shortage Reduction Program Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Minerva Gonzales 07/15/24 – 08/31/28 $376,880

15. Congressionally Funded Community Projects – Midstream Critical Manufacturing Industry Cyber security Hub U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Lab 09/01/24 – 08/31/27 $2,500,000

16. Joint Admission Medical Program Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Chris Ritzi 09/01/24 – 08/31/25 $12,142

17. PPOHA – Water in the Desert: Cooperation and Purpose-built Programs in Far West Texas U.S. Department of Education Louis Harveson 10/01/24 – 09/30/29 $7,497,102

 

• Pending Grants 7,159,780

 

1. BRC-BIO: Unveiling Patterns of Recent Diversification in Amphibians and Reptiles of the Isolated Meratus Mountains in Kalimantan, Indonesia National Science Foundation 06/28/24 $499,275

2. Far West Texas Conservation Partnership U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service 07/02/24 $1,230,000*

3. TRIO Student Support Services U.S. Department of Education Erika Zwahr 07/15/24 $1,430,505

4. Theater of the Big Bend’s 60thSeason of Outdoor Theater National Endowment for the Arts 07/23/24 $100,000

5. La Vida Lobo U.S. Department of Education Katy Williams 08/25/24 $900,000

6. Leaders Inspiring Frontier Teachers (LIFT): an HSI Noyce Collaborative Grant National Science Foundation Jennifer Miller 08/27/24 $3,000,000