Writing Workshops Underway for HSSI Students at TAMIU

The three-week Freshmen Interest Group Writer’s Workbench Workshop Sessions for students who have been accepted to the Hispanic Student Success Initiative (HSSI) will continue through Friday, July 27, from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Texas A&M International University.

This cohort of students already received their free laptops and supplies and began taking writing workshops earlier this month.

The HSSI prepares tomorrow’s teachers today by providing free laptops, educational writing software, summer writing workshops, field trips and learning communities.

This project is open to incoming freshmen at TAMIU or Laredo Community College and transfer students to TAMIU from LCC who have completed their core curriculum. It is made possible through funding provided by the U.S. Department of Education, Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program.

For information on admission to HSSI, please visit tamiu.edu/coedu/titlev/index.shtml

For more information on the three-week Sessions, please contact Cynthia Vira Carreon, program activity director, at 326.3142 or cvcarreon@tamiu.edu or visit offices in the Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library, room 435H.

University office hours are 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. – 12 p.m., Friday.

Journalists who need additional information or help with media requests and interviews should contact the Office of Public Relations, Marketing and Information Services at prmis@tamiu.edu