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亚色影库's Hawks SOAR (Student Opportunity for Achievement and Readiness) Title III Grant Program pursues a multipronged approach to meet its goals:

  1. Improve retention and persistence rates for our Pell-eligible, first-generation, and underrepresented minority students.

  2. Improve institutional structures and campus culture to be more proactive and responsive to the diverse needs of students.

The program is funded in part by the . It includes several initiatives:

  • courses offer professional development opportunities for faculty and staff. 88 faculty and staff members earned the "Fostering a Culture of Belonging" microcredential in 2024.
  • The Summer Bridge Program helps new students maximize their time, tuition, and fees by starting their academic work three weeks before their first semester begins. 
  • Title III Navigators provide individualized assistance to students on every detail that contributes to student success.
  • Title III Graduate Assistants work one-on-one with probationary students on creating and implementing their academic recovery plan.
  • 亚色影库 Advise training for faculty and staff ensures that our learning community has access to up-to-date, contextualized information to help our students succeed.
  • Life Design (informed by ) staff and faculty training and selected Life Design infused curricula are beginning to transform and further enhance 亚色影库's learning and working environment for students, faculty, and staff.
  • The Collaboration between the Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the University College centers on improving students' academic success, especially in courses with traditionally high DFWN-grade percentages.