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UArizona receives $3M for retention and career prep programs for Hispanic students

The University of Arizona will receive $3 million for a new project aimed at strengthening retention, degree completion, career readiness and post-graduation success for Hispanic first-generation and low-income students.

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Noyce Borderlands Scholars & Fellows

In 2020, the program was honored with a second Noyce Award

Awarded in 2016, The University of Arizona College of Education M.Ed. Secondary Education program has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the recruitment and preparation of STEM teachers in Southern Arizona high schools and middle schools.

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Sin Fronteras

Professional Development in Support of Teachers

The University of Arizona, College of Education Borderlands Education Center, in partnership with UA Sierra Vista, is providing professional development (PD) programming in support of teachers in our impacted rural communities in Cochise County.

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Borderlands Education Center

The main goal for the Borderlands Education Center -BEC- is to create an intellectual hub in the rural borderlands of Southeastern Arizona and Northern Mexico, thereby expanding learning and research opportunities for border teachers, researchers, and communities. The Center supports initiatives that address the complex educational issues on borders and foster the development of networks of border teachers and researchers and sponsors the Teacher Identities Institute addressing the border educational context, promoting diversity and inclusion and knowledge exchange with scholars and pre-service and in-service teachers.

This project addresses UA Strategic Plan Pillar 3: Arizona Advantage: “Make the UA the leader in the field of border studies by creating new knowledge and transnational collaborations and thus position the University as a top destination for students and faculty pursuing border-related scholarship in global, binational and regional contexts.” The BEC provides the infrastructure needed for this initiative in Southeastern Arizona and Northern Mexico.

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Dear Scholarly Community, We are thrilled to extend an invitation to you for a groundbreaking initiative that is poised to redefine the boundaries of education and cultivate international collaboration. Please join us in Expanding the Global Reach of the Borderlands Education Center (BEC) by participating in our upcoming International Symposium this Spring!

About the Initiative
Our International Symposium is a visionary project designed to broaden the scope of the Borderlands Education Center (BEC) by incorporating global perspectives on the impact of border learning and education. In alignment with Pillar 4 of the UArizona Strategic Plan: Arizona Global, this initiative exemplifies our dedication to fostering international collaboration and understanding. We look forward to your participation and kindly request that you RSVP at your earliest convenience. Your presence will contribute to the success of this significant event. Additional details will be provided once you have RSVP'd.

The BEC also supports the UA Masters in Secondary Education, Alternative Path Program students. Over 5M in Federal grant funds over the last nine years have helped support recruitment and retention of secondary STEM teachers in our regional schools, currently through our Noyce Borderland Scholars and  our Noyce Borderlands Master Teacher Fellows program. BEC programming, through Sin Fronteras provides relevant professional development opportunities for all Southeastern Arizona education professionals in the areas of asset-based pedagogy, Equity Literacy and the future of education, resilience and trauma informed instruction and inquiry based STEM instruction Strategies.  Our Critical Conversation series focuses on issues that impact youth and families of southern Arizona. 

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