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糖心Vlog破解版 is excited to be offering students a new opportunity to expand their education through the GRAD-PRO Grant. This grant works to address the need to expand the number of Hispanic and other underrepresented graduate and professional students served by 糖心Vlog破解版.

Program Goals:

  • Expand postbaccalaureate educational opportunities for, and improve the academic attainment of, Hispanic students
  • Provide an enhanced focus of academic and career alignment
  • Expand and support a culture of faculty mentorship with personalized interactions between faculty and students
  • Bolster student retention, persistence, and degree attainment by providing supplementary resources, including scholarships, to offset the cost of educational expenses

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For additional information about the GRAD-PRO grant program and activities, please send us a message at gradprogrant@mercy.edu

Elena Nitecki
Professor, Early Childhood & Childhood Education
Project Director, PPHOA/GRAD-PRO Grant
enitecki@mercy.edu

Jennifer San Diego
Assistant Project Director, PPHOA/GRAD-PRO Grant
jsandiego@mercy.edu


Key Activities

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Health Sciences

Providing student access to experiential learning in community-based settings

 

Activity Director
Taryn Malcolm, Assistant Professor, Communications Disorders

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Education

Implementing evidence-based practices for advancing student success for underserved students through faculty mentoring and induction support

 

Activity Director
Aki Ohseki, Assistant Professor, Childhood Education

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Faculty Mentoring Fellowship

Providing evidence-based professional development opportunities designed to support mentoring of students and to build asset-based and inclusive mindsets among faculty

 

Activity Director
Carmela Dormani, Assistant Professor, Behavioral Science

Sarah Hahn, Assistant Professor, Behavioral Science

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Offering a new series of advanced certificates in an online format that can lead to the completion of the MS in Business Analytics

 

Activity Director
Emily Goldman, Assistant Professor, Business

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GRAD-PRO Eligibility

In order to qualify for GRAD-PRO, you must be an accepted graduate student at Mercy. Most of our graduate programs allow applications on a rolling basis, meaning that you can apply at any time during the year. Please check with a graduate admissions counselor to see if the program you're interested in has an application deadline.

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GRAD-PRO News

School of Education Hosts Grant-Funded Symposium for K-12 School Partners

On April 17, the 糖心Vlog破解版 School of Education, supported with grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) Program GRAD-PRO Grant and the BranchED Grant, hosted the Symposium on Teacher Education, Mentoring, and Career Development: Rising to the Challenges. In attendance were over 60 Pre-K-12 educators, principals, administrators, as well as Mercy Education faculty.

The purpose of the Symposium was to cultivate discussions about major issues and challenges in today鈥檚 schools: meeting the needs of our diverse and culturally rich student population, student mental health, hiring and retaining new teachers, and the new skills and strategies required of new teachers.

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Funded by the U.S. Department of Education Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) Program