TAMIU’s ‘Closer than Ever’ Program Provides Re-Enrollment Support for Former Students
A Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) program helps former students’ return to the University to complete their degrees, often in less time than they realize.
Scheiby González Fisher, TAMIU interim associate vice president for Student Success, said there is no time like the present to come back and complete a degree, and this Fall is a great time to do so.
“The University has new scholarship opportunities that can assist students in their comeback to the University. TAMIU also has programs and emergency grants available for students experiencing financial hardship, housing and food insecurity, medical expenses, and lack of educational support and supplies,” González Fisher said.
Launched in 2018, TAMIU’s “Closer Than Ever” program helps students determine the best options available to them to complete their degree. Interested students take their first steps to do so by visiting a dedicated TAMIU website: https://www.tamiu.edu/closerthanever/
To date, 429 students have completed their undergraduate degrees, González Fisher noted. A dedicated staff member helps guide and support students through the individualized re-enrollment processes.
“We’re conducting a targeted outreach to our former students to encourage them to renew ties with the University and establish next steps so that they can once again enjoy their full University experience," González Fisher explained, "We’ll help them confirm their time to completion with an easy online form that collects basic information on the student’s academic history.”
She continued, "We’ll then establish contact and discuss options. We encourage all former students who haven’t completed their degrees to explore these new and continuing options available to them. We understand how life’s complexity can often derail our degree plans. Now’s the time to reassess…and we believe they’ll find that they really are closer than they think.”
For more information, contact Nydia Perales at 956.326.3163, email outreach@tamiu.edu, or visit offices in the Senator Judith Zaffirini Student Success Center, room 222.
Registration for Fall 2023 at TAMIU is currently underway. To learn more about TAMIU’s Registration processes, visit https://www.tamiu.edu/reghub/.
Classes begin Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Late registration ends Friday, Sept. 1.
As a result of actions taken by the Texas Legislature to address affordability in higher education, all resident undergraduate academic costs, including tuition, mandatory academic fees, all academic-related general fees, and college course fees, have been frozen for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 academic years at TAMIU. The University has not raised tuition and fees since 2021.
University news and information can also be found online at tamiu.edu and on TAMIU’s social channels on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
