![]() These Latinx leaders will continue to transform the academy, the church, and the world. “Institutions are working at realigning their operational structures and educational vision to prepare a diverse cohort of leaders that are agile, collaborative, and justice-oriented. “HTI’s commitment to ensuring the graduation of Latinx scholars (93% and average time to degree 5.5 years) and to helping them thrive as academics, church leaders, and non-profit administrators is more necessary than ever,” Rodríguez said. In-person programing and events are scheduled to return gradually with safety measures in place. During that time, HTI also shifted its programming to virtual formats. HTI’s proposal grew out of many conversations with numerous partners, and in response to the needs identified en conjunto with all 64 HTI scholars at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The HTI community and I could not be more grateful to Lilly Endowment for its insightful and visionary leadership,” said Rodríguez. “This grant complements the critical work HTI has been executing for a quarter of a century. The grant creates more spaces for HTI to advance its holistic approach at nurturing and preparing Latinx PhDs to serve in this new pandemic period and the post-pandemic world. It is a testament to the innovative work and collaborative value of HTI’s consortium as well as to its expanding legacy.” “This grant honors HTI’s en conjunto work with its founders, mentors, faculty, editors, staff, partnering institutions, and 24 consortium presidents and deans. “We are thrilled to receive this substantial grant as HTI enters 2022,” said HTI’s executive director, the Rev. ![]() HTI’s program, titled “En conjunto! Strengthening the Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of Latinx Masters and PhD Students,” will lay out a five-year plan for programming and fellowship support to strengthen HTI’s mission and vision of supporting Latinx PhD students, graduates, and mid-level faculty serving in the academy, the church and the world. The grant, made to Princeton Theological Seminary, one of HTI’s consortium member schools and its housing institution, also enables HTI to provide fellowships for pre-dissertation doctoral students, create more collaborative internships with nonprofit organizations in the ecology of theological and religious education, and more. grant will support the creation of a new program to help master’s students discern and navigate their path toward doctoral studies. PRINCETON, New Jersey - The Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI) announced Thursday that a $7.3 million Lilly Endowment Inc. ![]()
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