Our St. Thomas Promise is a huge opportunity allowing eligible students to attend at no cost and will change their lives and financial situations! The program is right in line with the University of St. Thomas Catholic mission.

Eligibility Requirements

Incoming, first-time college students with a 3.4 or higher GPA* who are from families with annual incomes of $50,000 or less may take advantage of this offer; OR
Incoming transfer students with a college GPA of 3.5 of higher who are from families with annual incomes of $50,000 or less may take advantage of this offer.

Eligible students must be a Texas resident and must file the FAFSA form and must be eligible for federal and state aid. UST’s FAFSA Code is 003654. This St. Thomas Promise of free tuition also includes free tutorial services plus a student success coach to help ensure a successful transition to college.

The St. Thomas Promise is renewable for up to four years, providing family income remains in the same qualifying range.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Lynda McKendree at mckendla@stthom.edu or 713 525 2151

Start Right is a program designed to communicate with students more effectively about the steps needing to be completed to prep for the next semester. Identified as Fall Prep Guide and Spring Prep Guide this program focuses on the responsibility of being a student by meeting the expectations the students have towards the university in preparing them to be successful. Student success starts first with an understanding of the logistics of being a student and the knowledge needed to be prepared for the start of the next semester. Start Right provides clear communication with students on the steps needing to be completed for the next semester, clearing accounts, registering for classes, registering for housing, and how these steps are connected. It follows a timeline that matches with the semester activities and provides opportunity to work with individual students as needed prior to a semester ending. The program provides an opportunity for the campus to serve the students in an intentional way making sure they are prepared for the next semester prior to a long break from campus. This program involves coordination across multiple departments on campus, advising, registrar's office, financial office, and residence life.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: First Year Experience

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Matt Goodwyn at tmgoodwyn@schreiner.edu or 8307927330

Start With Support (SWS) aims to connect residential students to their academic goals while also fostering a sense of closeness with their residence hall staff. SWS, at its core, involves establishing continuous relationships with students to create academic readiness within the first two-years of their college experience to improve persistence and retention across the board. By following TCU Housing's relationship model, "Knowing, Connecting and Empowering" (KCE), SWS allows students to engage and identify resources and methods to improve their academic goals and college experience.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: TCU staff identified 157 residential students who may have needed academic support in fall 2022, and 70 of those students engaged in SWS. In spring 2023, staff identified 101 students for SWS, and 51 residents participated.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: TCU Housing & Residence Life

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dr. Jason Titus at j.titus@tcu.edu or (817) 947-5204

Under the direction of the Director of Student Retention, the goal of the Student Success Coaches is to build rapport with students through communication and trust. The Success Coaches use an early alert program called CRM Advise to identify students that are at risk, as they enter the College. The markers used are socioeconomic factors, test scores, EFC numbers, and FTIC status. Success Coaches are responsible for communicating with these students, to ensure that they are aware of services, on campus activities, and social clubs. Using the CRM Advise program, faculty members are also able to send alerts to the Success Coaches when there is a student that is exhibiting at risk behavior(s) in the classroom. The factors that are used would be missing class, assignments, not prepared, and poor performance on assignments. When a professor creates an at-risk alert in Advise, the Success Coach will contact the students through text, email, and phone calls. The Coaches will attempt to build a rapport with the student in an effort to figure out where they can help. In many cases, the student will be referred to on-campus resources, offered time management tips, study strategies, and test taking strategies. The Success Coaches also act as academic advisors to all students and a Financial Aid advisor to students. Finally, the Success Coaches are responsible for all New Student Orientations (NSO). These orientations are offered as a face-to-face option and an online option. The NSO is the first step to improving the first-year experience for the students. The Success Coaches give the students an understanding of what it will take to be successful, while also providing the new students with a clear picture of what is expected of them.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Office of Student Retention, Divionsion of Student and Enrollment Services

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Adrian Sora at adrian.sora@templejc.edu or 2546819668

The Honors Program at Tyler Junior College is designed to serve highly motivated and creative students by providing an intellectually enriching, interdisciplinary two-year experience. The program fosters an atmosphere of educational excellence with a focus on intellectual exploration, community involvement, and leadership through service learning.

The TJC Honors Program is a focused academic program with unique admissions guidelines and procedures, specialized honors seminar-style courses, dedicated honors faculty, individual advising and planning, reserved housing, and special transcript notation and distinction at graduation. The honors program is open to students from all majors. We pride ourselves on being academically accommodating while also ensuring that students have an intellectually rigorous experience during their time with us.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Small-scale (reaches fewer than 10 percent of its target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Provost's Office

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dave Funk at dfun@tjc.edu or 9035103078

Honors College students have the unique advantage of experiencing an intellectually and socially vibrant environment while having access to the vast resources of a major research university at Texas Tech. Honors College students simultaneously benefit from being with others of the same intellectual preparation and commitment while enjoying the advantages of a university environment actively engaged in exploring all areas of human interest and concern.

All students who are admitted to Texas Tech and the Honors College also enroll in a disciplinary college and pursue one or more of the 150+ available majors and concentrations, including one major housed within the Honors College, Honors Sciences & the Humanities. Their education is the result of the integration of all colleges at TTU, including the Honors College, and cultivates the talents and interests of Honors College students while meeting their changing needs as they develop academically and socially.

DELIVERY FORMAT:
The program is in-person only.

PROGRAM SCALE:
Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Office of the Dean, Honors College

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dr. Robert Peaslee, Associate Dean, at robert.peaslee@ttu.edu or (806) 742-1828.

The mission of the Transfer Mentor Program is to cultivate an environment of student leadership through mentoring that assists transfer students with the transition to college life and fosters a strong sense of belonging through academic engagement, social involvement and community service.

College presents many challenges, both academically and socially. The Transfer Mentor Program was created to connect incoming transfer students with current UT Dallas students who also transferred to the University. Transfer students who choose to join the Transfer Mentor Program are paired with a student mentor to help ease the transition to UT Dallas, specifically during their first two semesters at the University. Peer mentors at UT Dallas work to mentor new students in the following three areas: leadership development, academic support, and social engagement. In addition to providing personalized support for each mentee, the Transfer Mentor Program hosts service, academic, and social events throughout the year for participants to engage on-campus and with the program more deeply.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

PROGRAM SCALE: Small-scale (reaches fewer than 10 percent of its target population)

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: The development or redesign of postsecondary workforce credential programs in a growing occupational field that is industry-aligned and developed with the participation of postsecondary lower-division institutions and workforce actors such as workforce and economic development boards or associations, industry representatives or employer. The grant was able to assist the college by funding credit certificates in PCT technician and IT Health Informatics to effectively start fall 2024.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Office of Undergraduate Education

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Hillary Beauchamp Campbell at transfermentor@utdallas.edu or 9728836706

The Wings Up Tuition Grant funds up to two courses (6-8 credits) of summer semester tuition for junior- and senior-level undergraduates who complete a minimum of 30 college credits combined in the academic year. The objective of the Wings Up Tuition Grant is to improve OLLU's on-time graduation rate for undergraduates and to enhance persistence to graduation.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: Analysis indicates that those cohorts that use the Wings Up Tuition Grant (WUG) do indeed graduate at faster rates than their peers that do not use, or qualify for, WUG. On average, students that participate in WUG graduate 8 months faster than students who do not. Transfer students who participate in WUG graduate, on average, 3 months faster than their non-WU peers. In addition, of the WUG students that do not graduate in the summer, 99% of them persist into the subsequent fall semester.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Office of Academic Affairs

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Teresita Munguia at tmunguia@ollusa.edu or 210-434-6711