November 17, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 7)

Bronx Institute Receives Grant from United Way

The United Way of New York City recently awarded a new two-year special initiative grant to the Bronx Institute at Lehman College for its Engaging Latino Communities for Education (ENLACE) program. The community-based program works to increase the number of Hispanic students attending college and graduate school, using Hispanic cultural identity to build pride, friendship, and ambition for its students.

Right now, forty Latino students meet on Saturday afternoons on the Lehman campus to take accelerated courses in the humanities, science, and math. The program currently has an eighth grade, tenth grade, and college cohort.

"Many of the students have been members of the ENLACE Latino Collegiate Society since their freshmen year of high school," explains Professor Herminio Martinez, executive director of The Bronx Institute and a faculty member in Lehman's Department of Middle and High School Education. "Their involvement in the program has allowed them to develop powerful alliances and friendships that are helping them to achieve on the highest level in school."

Through its collaboration with the ENLACE Latino Collegiate Society, the Bronx Institute has been able to bring additional support to its students. Their goal is to foster and promote equity and excellence in the education and learning of Bronx students in K-20 by involving administrators, teachers, parents, and students in high-quality programs that support and enhance educational opportunities.

"The program will continue to build a model for identifying, recruiting, and enhancing the education of promising and determined young Latino students," says Dr. Martinez.

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