Pete Mendoza
New Graduate students can now apply for the Summer 2024 Graduate Incentive, to help relieve their financial burden and to boost the future Vaqueros careers, a UTRGV official said.
Director for Graduate Recruitment and Outreach Stephanie Larralde said the incentive will provide students with a total of $2,000 dollars if they meet the requirements.
“Must be clearly admitted into the graduate program, which means that they didn’t come in on any sort of conditions,” Larralde said. “And once they’re admitted, as long as they enroll in six credit hours, they’ll get the full $2,000. If they only, for example, decide to enroll in one class then it’ll bring it down to $1,000.”
She said the deadlines for the incentive will be the day before the start of each summer semester.
According to the UTRGV website the Summer Module I deadline is May 1 and for Summer I the deadline is June 3. Summer Module II deadline is June 26 and Summer II deadline is July 11.
Larralde said she encourages graduate students to apply for the incentive because opportunities such as these do not come around all the time.
She said the incentive is a reliever for graduates because students often have financial issues when it comes to continuing with their education through the master’s or doctoral programs.
She said the incentive can not be combined with any other institutional funds that are given to students.
“What our team will do is they’ll be reviewing those who are admitted, and identifying what funds are available for that particular student as they come in,” Larralde said.
The director included that students will receive the incentive as soon as they are admitted.
She said getting into a graduate school is starting to become more competitive and increasingly beneficial.
“We encourage you to get a master’s or doctoral degree, not only for yourself, but also to help you in your future endeavors as you’re trying to climb the ladder,” Larralde said.
This is Pete Mendoza for Vaquero Radio.
