HSI Content

What It Means to Be a Hispanic Serving Institution

Abigail Julianna Loomis — March 22, 2023 - 2:32pm

Being a Hispanic/Latinx-identifying student at one of the largest UCs has opened my eyes to the limitations we as a community face. �ٺ��Ƶ being on the map as a federally recognized Hispanic Serving Institution means more diversity on our campus and support for students where their concerns are heard. �ٺ��Ƶ becoming an HSI would help create a bridge to close the gap between low-income people of color and higher education.

�ٺ��Ƶ Achieves HSI Eligibility, Serving More Than 8,000 Latinx Students

Julia Ann Easley — October 28, 2024 - 9:54pm

Editor's note: A spokesperson is available for Zoom or phone interviews in English or Spanish on Monday, Oct. 28, or Tuesday, Oct. 29.

The University of California, Davis, is now eligible to be one of the nation’s few research-intensive universities designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, or HSI, after fall enrollment numbers crossed the threshold for HSI status for the first time.

Association Offers Ladders of Opportunity to Hispanic Students

Julia Ann Easley — March 05, 2024 - 1:00pm

A series of five deaths in her extended family had devastated Jasmine Diaz, and the neurobiology, physiology and behavior major was on academic probation through 2022. She had given up her dream to become a doctor or even to continue in science.

Today, the fifth-year student is thrilled to be working in the cancer lab of Professor Luis Carvajal-Carmona, is recommitted to a career in science, and has a passion to help underrepresented and first-generation students.

�ٺ��Ƶ Named Among Top 100 Universities for Hispanic and Latino Students

Julia Ann Easley — October 17, 2023 - 2:40pm

�ٺ��Ƶ has been recognized as a top 100 university for Hispanic and Latino students by Hispanic Outlook on Education.

�ٺ��Ƶ ‘Keeps Moving’ to Serve Hispanic Students

Cody Kitaura — November 15, 2022 - 2:00pm

Hispanic Outlook Magazine last month named �ٺ��Ƶ as one of the “Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics,” and the people leading �ٺ��Ƶ’ effort to become a Hispanic-Serving Institution, or HSI, say that’s just a peek at things to come.

Lina Mendez Appointed to Lead Hispanic Serving Institution Initiatives

Cody Kitaura — September 28, 2021 - 9:59am

�ٺ��Ƶ has a new leader in the university’s continuing effort to close the equity gap for Chicanx and Latinx scholars in higher education: Lina Mendez, recently appointed as the inaugural director of Hispanic Serving Institution Initiatives.

�ٺ��Ƶ Receives NSF Funding for Engineering, Sciences, Artificial Intelligence for HSIs

Karen Michele Nikos — September 08, 2020 - 10:01am

The University of California, Davis, received more than $1 million in grants from the National Science Foundation to convene and engage faculty, researchers and industry experts in expanding research and undergraduate instruction at Hispanic Serving Institutions and Minority Serving Institutions, or HSIs and MSIs. The grants focus on computing fields identified as national priorities by the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy.

The Graduate School of Management received the grants.

Our Goals in Becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution

Cody Kitaura — May 14, 2019 - 10:03am

�ٺ��Ƶ has fully embraced its journey toward achieving Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) designation, or HSI, and has a plan to help its Hispanic scholars thrive once it receives the designation.

HSI Forum: ‘Strategies, Topics, Models’

Dave Jones — January 15, 2019 - 1:33pm

As �ٺ��Ƶ closes in on securing federal designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution, the university’s HSI Task Force will hold a speakers forum next week addressing “HSI Strategies, Topics and Models.”

“Join us for an afternoon of panels featuring scholars and experts speaking on topics related to what it might mean for �ٺ��Ƶ to be Hispanic-serving — from defining the metrics to rethinking the classroom,” the organizers said.

�ٺ��Ƶ Enrolls More Residents En Route To HSI Designation

Julia Ann Easley — January 07, 2019 - 12:17pm

The University of California, Davis, has fully embraced its journey toward achieving Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) designation.

Students from historically underrepresented groups — African American, Native American and Chicano/Latino — represented 32.6 percent of both the entering class and all undergraduates who are residents of the United States.

HSI Content

What It Means to Be a Hispanic Serving Institution

�ٺ���Ƶ Achieves HSI Eligibility, Serving More Than 8,000 Latinx Students

Association Offers Ladders of Opportunity to Hispanic Students

�ٺ���Ƶ Named Among Top 100 Universities for Hispanic and Latino Students

�ٺ���Ƶ ‘Keeps Moving’ to Serve Hispanic Students