HSI Fellows Program

2023-2024 HSI Fellows

Application:

 

We are excited to announce that the 2025–2026 HSI Faculty & Staff Fellows Program application is open and will close on August 18, 2025.

Apply Now

Criteria & Expectations:

The HSI Fellows Program is designed to engage faculty and staff to lead meaningful projects that promote servingness and student success. The selected fellows will propose and implement a servingness project aligned with both institutional HSI priorities and Title V, Part A grant objectives. These projects may connect to teaching, research, service, or administrative initiatives and will be supported through monthly meetings, cross-campus collaboration, and strategic resource sharing.

Criteria:  

• Full-Time employee; Full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty, full-time professor of practice, or full-time lecturer, and;
• Based primarily on-campus and in Lubbock. 

Program expectations include:

•  Designing and implementing a servingness project within your college or unit (due by May 2026) 
• Participating in monthly HSI Fellows meetings to build institutional knowledge and share project progress. 
• Participating in TTU’s 2nd Annual HSI Summit as a volunteer, attendee, presenter, etc. on September 19, 2025  
• Attending at least one additional required HSI event in the Spring semester. 

Capacity:

15 faculty and staff will be selected to participate in the HSI Fellows Program, as resources and funding allow. 

Timeline & Commitment:

The HSI Fellows program is a one-year cohort-style commitment. The participants will meet monthly for up to two hours per meeting, beginning in September 2025, with optional activities in between meetings.  

Additionally, each fellow will be matched with a graduate student to help mentor for the duration of the fellowship. Fellows are expected to meet with their mentee once a month.  

 
Benefits:

Participants in this program will develop a stronger understanding of effective engagement and support strategies for students at TTU while simultaneously working on a project that enhances student success on campus. The project-based model will align with the HSI Initiatives as well as fellow’s research interests or service to their department or community.

Selected fellows will receive a financial incentive in recognition of their commitment and contributions.

2024-2025 HSI Fellows

Dr. Pavel Andrade

Dr. Cordelia Barrera

Dr. Martin Camacho

Dr. Cari Carter

Dr. Alejandro Echeverry

Dr. Ali Ghazvinian

Dr. Jennifer Gomez

Dr. Ian Lertora

Dr. Sunho Lim

Dr. Anna Novotny

Dr. Rich Rice

Alex DeLeon

Viviana Gomez Duque

Joseluis Sanchez

Aaron Smith