McCaul Secures Funding for Math and Science Center

(AUSTIN) - U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) along with University President Dr. Larry Earvin and Dr. Joseph Jones, Jr. Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences announce $243,000 in federal funding being awarded to Houston-Tillotson’s Math and Science Success Center.

"As a member of the Science and Technology Committee, I am proud to have secured federal funding for a University that is taking proactive steps towards addressing the decline in scientists and mathematicians," stated Congressman McCaul.

The federal funding will go towards the creation of a new Math and Science Success Center in the Dickey-Lawless Science Building on the Houston-Tillotson campus in Austin. The Math and Science Success Center will focus on undergraduate students who are capable of pursuing additional training in math and science.

"The Center will have two major components. The first will create a pipeline of middle and high school students with the requisite skills to pursue degrees in STEM fields. The second component focuses on the campus laboratory environment for discovery learning. This is the first phase of a much larger initiative," said Larry L. Earvin, President of Huston-Tillotson University.

Michael McCaul is currently serving his second term representing Texas' 10th District in the United States Congress. The 10th Congressional District of Texas stretches across 8 counties from Austin to the Houston suburbs, and includes Austin, Bastrop, Burleson, Harris, Lee, Travis, Washington and Waller Counties.