Community Building Grant

CSUN HSI Community Building Grant

California State University, Northridge is one of the country’s largest Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) of the 571 designated universities. In 2021, CSUN established the Global Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Equity Innovation Hub that includes partnerships with the state of California, Apple, and Autodesk and a new campus building. The hub will work to transform HSIs in the CSU system and throughout the nation with a goal of increasing student success for Latinx and underserved students. These students will gain skills for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields that are in high demand.

As part of the transformation of other CSU HSIs, CSUN provided the CSUN HSI Community Building grants to CSU campuses for proposed projects that “accelerate educational equity while ensuring students have the skills to succeed once they've earned their degrees.”

Along with helping to establish the Warrior Fab Lab as a campus resource, the grant will support the creation of a pipeline for maker education in the region. The Warrior Fab Lab provides support for creative problem solving and innovation inside and outside of the classroom in service of education, sustainability, equitable access to technology and community engagement. Further emphasis is placed on what the Warrior Fab Lab can help contribute for local solutions on campus, Turlock and Central Valley through online educational resources.

We appreciate everyone on the CSUN Global HSI Equity Innovation Hub and Apple Community Education Initiative teams who have contributed to their missions and the Warrior Fab Lab!