The grant will be used to improve the school’s internship program.
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Dr. Andrew Tiger, interim dean of Angelo State University’s Norris-Vincent College of Business (NVCOB), has been awarded a $151,296 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to enhance internship opportunities for ASU business students through the “NVCOB Internship Expansion Program,” a press release from ASU said.
The grant was awarded through the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) and funded under the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEERF) to support the THECB’s Work-Based Learning Opportunity Grants – Internships program.
The NVCOB annually hosts 50-plus students, who participate in paid and unpaid internships with various entities. Through the “NVCOB Internship Expansion Program,” most of the grant funding will be used to make all the internships paid and to increase the hourly internship wage to $20 an hour. Additionally, $28,500 of the grant will be used to provide additional financial aid to NVCOB students participating in internships who show financial need.
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