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About this Grant
The Department of Nutrition was awarded a Post-baccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (POHA) grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) and nutrition professionals around the country serve a diverse population. However, approximately 91% of RDNs are white females. The POHA-Denver grant focuses on encouraging students from diverse backgrounds and those with interest in serving diverse populations, to pursue post-baccalaureate study here at MSU Denver.
POHA was established in 2019. We have successfully completed our grant and actively working on diversity initiatives. We’ve helped 35 POHA scholars throughout their post graduate experience and we additionally provided 320k in student scholarships and stipends over the course of the grant. POHA grant was not renewed but please reach out to the nutrition department if there are any questions.
- Conducting outreach to students in high schools, community colleges and in baccalaureate programs
- Providing financial support to help students navigate barriers to participating in post-baccalaureate degree programs
- Hiring diverse support staff to fuel the grant efforts and to provide advising for current and prospective students
- Offering financial-literacy training focusing on credit, budgeting and loan payback
- Development of an annual conference focused on diversity in dietetics and health care
- Promoting cultural intelligence among faculty, students, staff and practitioners in the field
- Offering a proactive approach in specialized advising when working with POHA scholars
Department of Nutrition's POHA Staff
Meet the members of the POHA team!
POHA-Denver Diversify Nutrition Scholarship & Stipend Program
Become a POHA Scholar
As part of the POHA-Denver grant, the Department of Nutrition offers students enrolled in a nutrition graduate program at MSU Denver the opportunity to apply for an annual $5,000 POHA-Denver Diversify Nutrition scholarship or stipend program.
POHA FAQs
POHA-Scholars are diverse graduate students within the Department of Nutrition who have been awarded the POHA Scholarship/Stipend and have an interest in serving diverse populations. POHA-Scholars are part of the POHA-Scholar’s Program that provides specialized advising, financial education, tutoring opportunities, mentorship, financial assistance, research assistance opportunities and access to specialized workshops.
The POHA Scholar Program begins in late-August and ends in mid-May; the program is the length of the full academic year.
Yes! Applications open in March for the following academic year.
POHA-Scholars will be expected to:
- Abide by the policies in the POHA-Scholars Handbook
- Promote the POHA-Denver program purpose, events and activities
- Build community within the MSU Denver Graduate Programs
- Be a leader in your MSU Denver Graduate program and within the community
- Actively and professionally engage with fellow POHA-Scholars, faculty, staff, MSU Denver graduate students and the greater community
- Attend 5 POHA meetings each semester
- Meet with our Advising Specialist twice each year
- Additional requirement may be added
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For more information on the POHA-Denver Diversity Grant, please contact the Department of Nutrition. Click below to send us an email!
Email UsDepartment of Nutrition
Phone:
303-615-0990
Office Location:
West Classroom 254
Office Hours:
8:00am – 5:00pm
Mailing Address:
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Department of Nutrition
Campus Box 33N
P.O. Box 173362
Denver, CO 80217-3362