Students Teaching Students: Cardinals 访问 Elementary School in 墨西哥
Twenty UIW students traveled to Tierra Blanca, 墨西哥, for a unique learning experience that included first-hand learning from students of Chupitantegua Indigenous Primary School.
Achieve excellence in UIW’s undergraduate educational program by providing students several High Impact Educational Practices (HIEP) options as part of their academic experience.
定义
High Impact Educational Practices (HIEP) are evidence-based strategies that engage and challenge students in ways that develop their self-awareness and ability to deal with complexity, 多样性, 和改变. HIEPs are embedded in a liberal education to provide students with broad knowledge of the world as well as in-depth study of a specific area of interest. “A liberal education helps students develop a sense of social responsibility, as well as strong and transferable intellectual and practical skills such as communication, analytical and problem-solving skills, and a demonstrated ability to apply knowledge and skills in real-world settings.” (American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
Twenty UIW students traveled to Tierra Blanca, 墨西哥, for a unique learning experience that included first-hand learning from students of Chupitantegua Indigenous Primary School.
美国.S. Department of Education grant will fund FLIGHT: Financial Literacy, Integrated Guidance and Health program to provide transformational, multi-pronged mentorship to Hispanic and low-income students.
Interfaith Youth Core’s Faith in the Vaccine $32,000 grant funded 17 students for training and organizing a clinic promoting COVID vaccination.
After a two-year hiatus, health professions faculty and students are planning to participate in the 词典 of San Antonio Interprofessional Health Mission trip to Oaxaca, 墨西哥, to help provide care to impoverished communities.
An $85,000 donation for the Primary Care Residency Programs at the Laredo Medical Center from the Matias De Llano Charitable Trust to help ensure quality healthcare.
The 29-foot vehicle will allow medical students and faculty to deliver services to the community and act as a training ground for the healthcare workers of tomorrow.