University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, TX
Meetings and counseling sessions with a graduation coach helped at-risk students in the accelerated BSN program succeed.

Grant Years:

2008
Degrees Conferred: 
BSN
Scholarships Awarded: 
10

Scholars:

Round 1: 2008 – 2009
Cynthia Champion
Yen-Tan Chen
Gloria Gonzalez
Stephanie Ho
Joan House
Michelle Iniguez
Baohuyen Luu
Ivette Palomeque
Falguni Patel
 School administrators recognized that accelerated BSN students faced unique challenges and used the NCIN grants to develop a mentoring program that helped students with time management and study and test-taking skills. Thanks to that sup- port, all but one of the NCIN scholars graduated, and did so on time.