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Title V Promoting Post-baccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) Program

Program Director
Roberto R. Heredia, Professor of Psychology

Research Coordinator:
Daniel Mott, Associate Professor & Associate Dean

Assistantship Coordinator:
Rafic A. Bachnack, Professor of Engineering & Chair

Advisory Council
Rafic Bachnack, Professor of Engineering
Jeff Brown, Graduate Dean, Associate Professor of Psychology
Rogelio Hinojosa, Librarian
Daniel Mott, Associate Professor of Biology

Funded by Title V PPOHA Program from the United States
Department of Education Award #: P031M105048

WELCOME TO GREAT!

GREAT seeks to increase the number of Hispanic students who complete a graduate degree and are prepared to attain a doctoral degree or professional career in behavioral, biological, or mathematical sciences. GREAT activities are planned to address the following objectives:

     • Retention: Participating fellows will be retained in the program to completion of their degree.
     • Engagement: Graduates will present their research findings in a regional or national conference.
     • Graduation: Students will successfully complete the Master’s program in 30 months.

To achieve these objectives, GREAT employs the following strategies:

     • Provides significant funding, up to $17,000.00 per year, to graduate students throughout their graduate career at TAMIU.
     • Provides academic research opportunities to graduate students by working with a faculty mentor.
     • Provides stimulating research environments by renowned scientists in the target disciplines.
     • Provides students with the academic tools to develop research projects of publishable quality.
     • Improves the departmental research and enhances library infrastructure.
     • Provides professional development activities for graduate faculty and mentors.
     • Provides a graduate student office for the development of an academic community.

Thank you for your interest in our Title V PPOHA and the GREAT Program. Please download an application and submit it to:

Graduate Retention Enhancement at TAMIU (GREAT)
Department of Behavioral Sciences
Texas A&M International University
Laredo, TX 78041

For additional information, please email great@tamiu.edu or call (956) 326-2637. Candidates chosen for this initiative will be contacted via email.

GREAT funding was made possible by the Title V PPOHA Program of the United States Department of Education 

Award #: P031M105048