TAMIU Annual Report 2021

We added new Bachelor’s degrees in Public Health, Petroleum Engineering and Computer Engineering and a Ph.D. program in Criminal Justice (CJ). The Ph.D. in CJ is our second free-standing doctoral program. In closing, TAMIU continues to provide high quality higher education access to the citizens of Laredo and the region. We contribute to the economic well-being of Laredo and our graduates are successful once they leave. Because we constantly GO BEYOND in everything we do, we have been very fortunate to receive numerous regional and national recognitions for our successes, our entrepreneurship, our scholarship, and our commitment to students, our community, and State. I am very proud of what we have done, as I hope are you, our alumni, and friends. As you will see in these pages, we are resilient and will continue to be! After all, it’s how we Go Beyond. Dr. Pablo Arenaz TAMIU President We had one of the most successful legislative sessions in my 13 years at TAMIU, thanks to our legislative delegation, Senator Judith Zaffirini and Representatives Richard Peña Raymond and Tracy King. Because of our enrollment growth, we received an additional $3.8M over the biennium, which enabled us to create multiple new faculty positions for the first time in over 10 years. These new positions will lead to strengthening existing programs and allow us to add new programs. In addition, we received $6M over the biennium for our Path to Academic and Student Success (PASS) program which focuses on improving graduation and persistence rates, and targets junior and senior students. We also received an appropriation to construct a new Health Sciences Education and Research building. This facility will allow us to increase our health-related research and community outreach, something that’s a legacy for us. The McKenzie Scott $40M gift has led to new opportunities for this University. In addition to doubling our Endowment, this gift inspired two donors to create endowed professorships in Engineering. These are the first of what I hope are many endowed professorships and chairs at TAMIU. We continue looking for other opportunities to match and thus expand her gift. THIS IS HOW WE GO BEYOND> TOGETHER 17,874 COVID-19 Tests on Campus Face Shields 705 COVID-19 Vaccines Administered on Campus PPE Gowns 680+ 10,000+ Pairs of Gloves on Campus 500 Loaner Laptops for Students 115+ Gallons of Hand Sanitizer Gallons of Disinfecting Spray 115+ Hand Sanitizing Stations 50 Full Harvests of TAMIU Garden benefiting students, faculty, food banks City/District vaccine drives, health fairs, stroke support assistance by 215 Nursing Students 2 Service assistance hours generated by School of Nursing Students 3,716 Wipe Dispenser Stations 180 Hygeine Stations 28 5,345 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 4