Harris-Stowe State University News July 27, 2016 Harris-Stowe State University is Awarded a $325,000 Grant from USA Funds The three-year initiative promotes minority student success For the past few years, Harris-Stowe State University has placed increased emphasis on student retention, timely degree attainment and producing work-ready graduates. A $325,000 USA Funds(r) grant was recently awarded to the University to help achieve these objectives. Specifically, the University will integrate data and more directly involve students to assess and track their academic and personal progress. The initiative will also include prompt and strategic intervention to promote early academic success and ongoing support to facilitate student retention to graduation. Harris-Stowe is one of seven institutions to receive the USA Funds(r) grants totaling nearly $2.3 million. The three-year initiative funds the development and application of data tools and institutional practices that enhance the college completion rates and career readiness of first-generation, low-income and minority students. "We are proud that Harris-Stowe's efforts to improve our students' academic and post graduate success are being recognized and supported," said Dr. Dwaun J. Warmack, president, Harris-Stowe State University. "This USA Funds (r) grant will enhance the University's innovative and data-driven decisions that positively impact our students." The grant awards are part of the MSI Measuring College Value initiative, which is designed to support two-year and four-year minority-serving colleges and universities in measuring the value of their programs, improving student outcomes, and developing innovative approaches that inform the broader post-secondary education community of ways to increase program completion and advance the career readiness of their students. Other institutions awarded grants through the competitive process include: Martin University in Indianapolis; Miami Dade College; St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Fla.; Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, Mont.; Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. About Harris-Stowe State University Harris-Stowe State University (HSSU), located in midtown St. Louis, is a fully accredited four-year institution that offers 31 majors, minors and certificate programs in education, business and arts & sciences. In 2014, HSSU ranked No. 1 in the state of Missouri and No. 47 in the nation in granting degrees in mathematics and statistics to African-Americans according to Missouri Department of Higher Education and Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, a newsmagazine that has ranked institutions conferring the most degrees to minority students for the past 30 years. For the second consecutive year, Harris-Stowe ranked No. 28 among the Top HBCUs in the country according to Niche, an online content provider of reviews and insight on more than 1,100 colleges nationwide. The university, which has origins dating back to 1857, celebrates its 160th year in 2017. Learn more at www.hssu.edu<http://www.hssu.edu/>. About USA Funds USA Funds is a nonprofit corporation that supports Completion With a Purpose(r), building a more purposeful path for America's students to and through college and on to rewarding careers and successful lives. USA Funds pursues its nonprofit mission through philanthropic activities and partnerships, policy research, and programs and services that enhance preparation for, access to and success in higher education. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) 404-577-5158 (fax) Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/ 7th Biennial Membership Meeting: Register here http://hbculibraries.org/2016meeting-form.html for the October 10,11 Membership Meeting in Atlanta. NEW DIGS!!!! The HBCU Library Alliance has relocated to the Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library. Transition process is near completion. Stay tuned!!! Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30314-4207 www.auctr.edu<http://www.auctr.edu> We will always provide service that exceeds the customer's expectation...Because We Care!