Training
Professional Learning Seminar - Becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution
Becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution: San Diego State University qualified for the designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the Department of Education as of Spring 2012. This national designation provides access to federal grants and scholarships to colleges and universities that serve a significant population of low-income students and at least 25% Hispanic students. Research on HSI's has opened up a conversation about the opportunities and barriers in attempts at serving said students. As per the recent HSI Taskforce Report recommendations, we are strengthening our steps to better serve the "Hispanic" and low-income students that we enroll. This session will review strategies and plans for what it means for SDSU to truly embrace its HSI status.
Leveraging SDSU's HSI Identity to Advance Your Research
SDSU has a timely, urgent, and distinct need to leverage its status as an HSI to secure the external funding needed to provide a high-quality undergraduate and graduate education to our highly diverse student population. Additionally, our faculty researchers and students have distinct strengths. There is an opportunity to recognize and provide institutional support and guidance to ensure the SDSU community has access to the fullest range of external funding to support their work. The student and institutional characteristics among HSIs, and SDSU in particular, positions us to substantially enhance Latinx education and the diversity of the academic and high-skill pipelines and innovate in what it means to be “Hispanic serving.”
In this workshop, we will explore activities and concepts that will expand perceptions of San Diego State University as a creator of research within its identity as an HSI. We will discuss how SDSU can lean into the opportunities presented because of our HSI identify and research activity. In parallel, we will champion that leveraging our identity is an institutional responsibility to optimize our research enterprise, culture, and climate - the benefits of which will accrue to the faculty, staff, and ultimately the students who afford us our HSI identity. Presenters: Dr. John Crockett, Associate Vice President for Research Advancement, and Dr. Emilio Ulloa, Chair of HSI Affairs.
Oct 2, 2022 Recording (Slides and handouts)
NEH Faculty Awards for Hispanic Serving Institutions
This workshop discusses:
- The actual timeline for preparation starting backward from April 14 to 2/25. What interim milestones should you be accomplishing to get to the finish line
- What topics are eligible and funded by this NEH program, how can you see yourself in this program
- What are the institutional priorities (strategic plan and others) that provide context for your work so you can demonstrate the work is sustainable
- What specific things can Research Advancement do FOR you - things that you do not have to do.
Hispanic-Serving Educator Learning Community
The Center for Inclusive Excellence and the Office of HSI Affairs are pleased to invite applications for our Faculty Learning Community (FLC) on what it means for SDSU to be designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through a combination of readings, video, self reflection, group discussion and hands-on activities, participants will explore ways to honor the servingness component of the HSI designation in their courses. Faculty participants in this FLC will spend 60 - 90 minutes each week reading or watching content and will gather virtually every other week for reflection and discussion focused on practices that create classroom environments that are supportive and welcoming for Hispanic/Latinx/Chicanx students. Space is limited and priority will be given to applicants from the Imperial Valley campus; all other applicants will be invited as space allows. Facilitated by Lott Hill, CIE, and Melissa Gonzalez, HSI Affairs. More information can be found here.
Exploring Latinx Identity (Podcast KPBS Midday Edition)
San Diego State University is designated as a Hispanic-serving institution, with at least a third of its undergraduate student population identifying as Hispanic or Latino. So how does the university support students in finding a sense of identity and community? Plus, the tensions among U.S. Latinos about the Spanish language and why some feel that language is tied to their identity.
Guests: Emilio Ulloa, associate chief diversity officer of HSI & Regional Affairs at SDSU; Renzo Lara, director of the Latinx Resource Center at SDSU; Alejandra Molina, reporter for the Los Angeles Times
One SDSU HSI Affairs Collaborative
The goal of the One SDSU HSI Affairs Collaborative is to bring together our diverse student population to engage with issues and topics related to being a Hispanic-Serving Institution. By providing these intersectional opportunities, where people can explore and connect with others, we believe every member of the SDSU community will come together and embrace diversity in all forms, uniting us as one diverse group. Upcoming event information will be posted on the main HSI affairs webpage and on the SDSU Events Calendar webpage.
resources for HSI related institutional information (HSI Annual report/data reports)
HSI Annual report
Student Climate Data report 2022
Leveraging the Latinx/e Student Voice For institutional Change
HSI Grant Opportunities
https://research.sdsu.edu/development_funding/funding_opportunities
