BREAKING: Sul Ross Assures Students After Significant Loss of Federal Grant Funding

By Eliya Alvidrez, Skyline Editor

ALPINE – Sul Ross State University President Carlos Hernandez pledged Tuesday that none of the university's current degree programs or campus services will be affected by the Trump Administration’s recent cuts of federal grant funding. 

In an email sent earlier today, President Hernandez addressed all Sul Ross students and faculty. While concerns regarding the grant cuts rise, Hernandez made a point to emphasize that the cuts will only impact the future of the university’s degree programs, equipment, and resources.

“I want to assure you that this financial loss WILL NOT have an impact on any of the degree programs currently being offered at SRSU nor will you experience any interruption to the services offered on campus,” Hernandez wrote.

Sul Ross’ efforts to navigate the funding issues will carry on, as the university tries to alleviate any worries, he wrote.

“The administrative offices of the university will continue to work through ways to find funding elsewhere so that we can continue to offer innovative new programs in a sustainable way,” Hernandez said.

The US Department of Education recently announced that it will stop funding for many minority serving institutions, a measure that will gut $10.5 million in grants for Sul Ross State University and possibly result in the termination of staff.

According to an internal budget document provided to the Skyline, $10.5 million will be cut from programs under Title V and for Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans that stretch from 2026 to 2029. Those programs were to fund Creating a Culture of Care, Digital Transformation and Modernization, Advancing Graduate Programs en la Frontera, Accelerating Access and Opportunity in West Texas, and Water in the Desert.

The Trump administration has zeroed in on funding for programs at universities that it views as discriminatory against non-minorities.