青青草视频

Instructional Leadership, emphasis: K-12 School Leadership (MEd)
Student's smiling while outside on campus.
  1. NAU
  2. Our impact
  3. Hispanic-Serving Institution

NAU is proud to be a Hispanic-Serving Institution

As an HSI, NAU can redouble our commitment to access and inclusion in higher education. Part of that effort is to honor and celebrate the valuable knowledge and cultural contributions of the many Hispanic communities represented by our students, staff, and faculty.

Would you prefer to read our Hispanic-Serving Institution page in Spanish? See instituci贸n de servicio hispano in Spanish for more.

Family posing at commencement.
What is a Hispanic-Serving Institution? 
Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) is a federal designation NAU achieved in 2021 when Hispanic student enrollment exceeded 25 percent. As an HSI, NAU has access to grant money and other resources to build and reinforce support systems for our valued and diverse Latine community.
Students studying outdoors at the NAU–Yuma campus in southern Arizona.
NAU is one of the 
top 10
producers in the country of bachelor's degrees for Hispanic students in fields including public health and hospitality
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
Students at a celebration.

HSI Events

View our calendar to stay up to date on all of the upcoming events that NAU has to offer.

See our events
Two students walking from class at the NAU-Yuma campus.
Students posing on their graduation day.

Navigating new identities

Student Lizy Martinez and professor T. Mark Montoya use research to explore learning barriers for first-generation students.

Picture of students on NAU's student campus.

Charting a different path

Bryan Vazquez, a junior Business Administration student at NAU鈥揧uma, wants to inspire other first-generation students to pursue a college degree.

Jennifer Martinez, PhD, Professor and Director, Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications, working with NAU students in a lab.

Breaking barriers for Hispanic students

When NAU set the goal of becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution, alumna Nancy Navarro acted fast to bridge the gap.

Student's listening to President Cruz speak.

The important role of Hispanic-Serving Institutions

NAU president Jos茅 Luiz Cruz Rivera is a leading national advocate for policies to expand educational opportunities. His congressional testimony outlined the critically important work of HSIs in pursuit of equitable postsecondary education, and how the US can better support that work.

Leading the way

Faculty members and are spearheading NAU鈥檚 commitment to its Hispanic community as HSI advisors to the provost. Professor Fernandez chairs the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. 青青草视频 Clinical Professor of Special Education Rodas is the lead faculty at NAU鈥檚 North Valley and Paradise Valley campuses. Together, they are mapping out programs and initiatives to serve and support Latine students across NAU鈥檚 20+ campuses statewide.