Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  SERVICES

The Clearinghouse for Mexican American Research serves the Coastal Bend and create leading research, community involvement models, and student programs to use as paradigmatic foundations for other areas facing similar demographic, economic, educational, and social situation. To this end,

CMAR will:

- work with faculty to generate external funding for research in ways that will fund student research assistants and

   result in products that inform public policy, impact health and social welfare, enhance research efforts in science and

   technology, shape educational processes (pedagogy or administration), resolve issues in history, art and literature or

   otherwise contribute to the expansion of knowledge relating to Mexican American issues;

- cooperate with various departments of the Bell Library to gather and promote materials relevant to the Mexican

   American experience in all disciplines, specifically as it relates to collecting valuable research resources (such as the

   Hector P. Garcia papers) which can, in turn, be made available to faculty, students and scholars from around the

   world;

- attempt to retain current faculty and attract new scholars focused on Mexican American issues;

- partner with Title V, Office of Admissions, Degree Counselors and other relevant groups to develop strategies for

   attracting, retaining and graduating students with a desire to focus on Mexican American topics of interest;

- seek opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to study abroad, gain research funding, enter contests,

   present papers, get published, apply to graduate programs;

- offer a speaker series that will involve academic and popular speakers to enrich the intellectual atmosphere on

   campus and in the community;

- align with degree programs such as the Mexican American Studies Minor, Spanish, and others, to enhance the

   challenging intellectual climate on campus;

- act as a bridge between the island university and the local, regional, national, and global communities; and

- share through the website information on current events, research, and other opportunities relevant to people

   interested in Hispanic issues and concerns.