D'Youville University
Buffalo, NY
D’Youville University and the School of Health Professions have been awarded a Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) granted by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The D’Youville University Health Careers Opportunity Program (DYU HCOP) will assist individuals from economically and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds in the Buffalo and rural Western New York region to enter and graduate from a health professions program. DYU HCOP will improve recruitment, matriculation, retention, and graduation rates through enrichment programs that address the academic and social needs of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. It will provide opportunities to HCOP students for community-based experiential health profession training, emphasizing experiences in underserved communities. The hourly Professional Tutor will provide in-person tutoring to enrolled HCOP students. Subject areas include but are not limited to English for speakers of other languages,...
