Title V Cooperative Grant / Latino Center for Excellence
Title V Cooperative Grant / Latino Center for Excellence is totally funded through a Title V Collaborative Grant from the U.S. Department of Education in partnership with Morton College in Cicero, Illinois.
The mission of the Title V Cooperative Grant/Latino Center for Excellence is to increase Latino student retention, to raise graduation rates, and to foster an institutional climate of academic success at Governors State University.
As a member, you are eligible to receive the following services free of charge:
- Early intervention alert system. - Academic writing/bilingual tutor - Membership in a professional organization.
- Mini grants for students who present at the GSU research conference in the spring.
- Goal oriented peer and faculty mentoring program.
- Loan book system commitment.
- On-line academic life skills workshops.
- Special scholarship guidance.
- Computer lab with fifteen computers
- Writing and Mathematics tutoring software.
- Individual advising for academic, financial, career, and personal issues:
- Individual academic plan
- FAFSA application support
- Internships and volunteer opportunities
- Professional development empowerment.
- Family, social and academic networking activities and strategies.
- Encouragement and resources to pursue a graduate degree.
Learn how to advocate for yourself, your field, and your community.
In addition, our program hosts social gathering activities in an effort to learn, network, and have fun.
We hope to see you there!
PS: If you have any questions regarding our activities and services, please don’t hesitate to visit us rooms A2133 and A2134, to call us at 708-235-7609, or email me at c-cantu@govst.edu or Monica at m-teixeira@govst.edu
The mission of the Title V Cooperative Grant/Latino Center for Excellence is to increase Latino student retention, to raise graduation rates, and to foster an institutional climate of academic success at Governors State University.
As a member, you are eligible to receive the following services free of charge:
- Early intervention alert system. - Academic writing/bilingual tutor - Membership in a professional organization.
- Mini grants for students who present at the GSU research conference in the spring.
- Goal oriented peer and faculty mentoring program.
- Loan book system commitment.
- On-line academic life skills workshops.
- Special scholarship guidance.
- Computer lab with fifteen computers
- Writing and Mathematics tutoring software.
- Individual advising for academic, financial, career, and personal issues:
- Individual academic plan
- FAFSA application support
- Internships and volunteer opportunities
- Professional development empowerment.
- Family, social and academic networking activities and strategies.
- Encouragement and resources to pursue a graduate degree.
Learn how to advocate for yourself, your field, and your community.
In addition, our program hosts social gathering activities in an effort to learn, network, and have fun.
We hope to see you there!
PS: If you have any questions regarding our activities and services, please don’t hesitate to visit us rooms A2133 and A2134, to call us at 708-235-7609, or email me at c-cantu@govst.edu or Monica at m-teixeira@govst.edu
