I am happy to announce that our NSF Hispanic-Serving Institution proposal title " Integrated Networking, Scholarship, and Peer Mentoring of Freshmen Engineers for Increased Academic Success and Graduation Rates" has been funded by NSF!  The grant will create the new INSPIRE program, a program for first-year UCSB College of Engineering students designed to better welcome new students to the college, increase community and sense of belonging, and academic success through structured peer mentoring.  We are excited to launch the program in Fall 2024!