Vanessa  Bográn Meling, Ed.D., MBA

High performing, strategic-thinking higher education administrator with more than twenty years of experience in student success and learning center administration. Proven expertise in establishing centralized academic achievement centers from inception to institutionalization at private, public, and health-related institutions. Adept at assessing needs, generating options, and implementing solutions in collaboration with faculty, staff, students, and community partners. Highly skilled at relationship-building, internal employee development, team effectiveness, and leadership development across organizations and teams.

• Professional Background

  Education

  • 2012 - Doctor of Education - Educational Leadership - Higher Education - Texas A&M University Corpus Christi - Kingsville
  • 2003 - Master of Business Administration - University of Texas at Tyler
  • 2000 - Bachelor of Science, Business Administration and Marketing - LeTourneau University

  Highlights

  Licensures and Certifications

  • Title IX Training provided by University of Texas System and Littler – 2021
  • Certified Learning Center Leadership: Level 3 - 2021
  • Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Certified
  • Quality Matters Certified 

  Honor and Awards

  •  2019 Rudy Gomez Staff Excellence Award.
  • Texas A&M University System Student Recognition Award for Teaching Excellence 2011-2012.

   

   

  Appointments

  • 2021 - Associate Dean for Student Success and Engagement - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2018-2021 - Assistant Dean for Academic Enhancement & Mar 2018 – Present Co-Investigator for Title V Hispanic Serving Institution Program Grant - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2014-2018 - Director of Academic Enhancement - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2013-2014 - Assistant Dean for Student Success - Our Lady of the Lake University - San Antonio, TX

• Research & Grants

  Grants

  Funded:  

  • 2019, 2020, Funder: UT Health San Antonio Department of Student Life. Title: Preparing Nurse Leaders through a Professional Development Annual Convention. PI: Vanessa B. Meling. Award Amount: $9,000. Time Period: 1 year - Funded
  • 2018-2019, Funder: UT Health San Antonio Department of Student Life 2018-2019. Title: Preparing Hispanic Nurse Leaders through Professional Development Opportunities. PI: Vanessa B. Meling. Award Amount: $9,000. Time Period: 1 year - Funded
  • 2018-2019, Funder: UT Health San Antonio Department of Student Life. Title: Preparing Nurse Leaders through a Professional Development Annual Convention. PI: Vanessa B. Meling. Award Amount: $8,916. Time Period: 1 year - Funded

  Pending Submissions:

  • 2021, Funder: US Department of Education Title V Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program. Title: Hacerle Ganas: Building Awareness, Supporting Transfer Pathways, and Graduating Hispanic Nurses in South Texas. PI: Vanessa B. Meling, Co-I: David A. Byrd. Award Amount: $4,872,26.00. Time period: 5 years. Submitted Grant Proposal June 2021 – Pending

  Submitted and Not Funded or Unfunded Research/Projects: 

  • 2020, Funder: US Department of Education Title V Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program. Title: Caminos al Exito: Co-curricular Pathways Toward Nursing Student Success. PI: Vanessa B. Meling, Co-I: David A. Byrd & Darpan I. Patel. Award Amount: $2,944,432. Time Period: 5 years. Submitted Grant Proposal Feb 2020 – Not Funded (Score: 98/105).
  • 2019, Funder: US Department of Education Title V Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program. Title: SON Carreras Profesionales: Pathways Toward Nursing Student Achievement. PI: Vanessa B. Meling. Award Amount: $2,921,775. Time Period: 5 years. Submitted Grant Proposal July 2019 – Not Funded (Score: 106/106.33). 
  • 2018, Funder: The National Science Foundation (NSF). Title: REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduate in Nursing Science. PI: Dr. Darpan I. Patel, Co-I: Dr. Vanessa B. Meling. Award Amount: $356,326/ Time Period: 3 years – Not Funded
  • 2017, Funder: The National Science Foundation (NSF). Title: REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduate in Nursing Science. PI: Darpan I. Patel, Co-I: Vanessa B. Meling. Award Amount: $118,461. Time Period: 3 years - Not Funded
  • 2017, Funder: US Department of Education Title V Developing Hispanic-serving Institutions Program. Title: Realce Mas: Transfer Success Collaboration and Service-Learning Experiences for Hispanic Student Success. PI: Vanessa B Meling, Co-I’s: Dr. David Byrd & Dr. Darpan I. Patel.
  • Award Amount: $3,739,112 – Not Funded (Score 91/99.33)

   

• Service

  School

  • 2020 - present, Faculty Council, & Committee on Faculty and Student Matters, Members
  • 2018 - present, Student Affairs Deans Committee, Assistant Dean member
  • 2017, Career Exploration and Progression Task Force, Leader
  • 2017, Search Committee for the SON Director of Admissions, Chair
  • 2016, Conference Planning Committee & Reviewer, Member
  • 2016, Spherical Branding Workshop, Participant

  Institutional

  • 2018 - present, Behavioral Intervention and Threat Team (BIT) and Campus Awareness Requires Everyone (CARE), SON Associate Dean of Admissions and Student Services representative
  • 2018 -2019, Campus Climate Task Force, Member

  Service to the Profession

   

  • 2021, National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA) Finance Committee – member
  • 2020, Proposal Reviewer for the 2021 AHSIE 13th Annual Best Practices Conference
  • 2020,Award Reviewer for the 2020 NASPA LatinX Knowledge Community Award
  • 2020, Award Reviewer for the 2020 TACUSPA Awards and Recognition Committee

  Professional Affiliations & Memberships

  • 2017 - present, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
  • 2018 - present, Texas Association of College and University Student Personnel Administrators
  • 2020 - present, Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
  • 2010 - present, American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  • 2010 - present, Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU)
  • 2016 - present, Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institution Educators (AHSIE)
  • 2007 - present, National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA)

  Community Service

  • 2019 - present, United Way Women – Women’s Childcare Scholarship Committee
  • 2017 - present, Adoption Priorities, Inc. – Board Member
  • 2015 - present, Wayside Chapel – Shepherd/ Teacher of Pre-School/ Kinder Church Class 
  • 2014 - present, San Antonio Road Runners (SARR) – running member

• Publications

  Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Meling, V.B., Loper, L., Berndt, A., Amezaga, B. (In progress). Effects of Academic Coaching on the Learning and Study Strategies of Probationary Baccalaureate Nursing Students.
  • Byrd, D.A. & Meling, V.B. (2020). Student success centers in nursing education: A case study example.Journal of Nursing Education, 59(7), 396-399. doi:10.3928/01484834.
  • Gonzalez, K.P. & Meling, V.B. (2018). Modeling an effective program for Latina/o college student success. Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 11(3), 139-153. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.24974/amae.11.3.364.
  • Patel, D.I., Meling, V.B., Somani, A., Larrotta, D., Byrd, D.A. (2017). Summer undergraduate nursing research experience: Implementing a mentored based research program for minority nursing undergraduates. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 7(7), 37-43. ISSN 1925-4040. doi: https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v7n7p37.

  Peer-Reviewed Podium Presentations

  • Byrd, D.A. & Meling, V.B. (2020, Dec 2-3). Student Success Centers in Nursing Education: A Case Study Example. Podium Presentation at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Diversity Symposium, Virtual Experience.
  • Byrd, D. A., Meling, V.B., Cantu, H. (2020, May 26-30). Promoting LatinX access and success in health professions education. Presentation at the National Conference for Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE), New York City, NY (Conference Canceled).
  • Meling, V.B., Byrd, D., Loper, L., Chumbley, C., & Patlan, A. (2020, March 28-April 1). A seat at the table: Where student success meets collaborative grant writing. Presentation at National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Annual Convention, Austin, TX
  • (Conference Canceled).
  • Meling, V.B., Holbrook, D. & Balcuns, C. (2017, March). The Big Design: A peer mentoring program supporting underrepresented students in nursing education. Paper presented at the 2017 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) conference. San Antonio, TX.
  • Patel, D.I. & Meling, V.B. (2016, Sept). Innovations in education panel part 1: Research experiences for undergraduate nursing students. Panel presentation at the Annual Conference for Community Engagement and Healthcare Improvement. San Antonio, TX.

  Peer-Reviewed Poster Presentations

  • Meling, V.B. & Byrd, D. (2017, April). Utilizing qualitative data to design pragmatic solutions for underrepresented nursing student success. Poster session presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting for the American Educational Research Association (AERA). San Antonio, TX
  • Somani, A. A., Larrotta, D. L., Meling, V. B., Byrd, D. A., & Patel, D. I. (2017). Enhancing Undergraduate Nursing Research Experiences with Mentor-based Training. Western Institute of Nursing’s 50th Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference, Denver, CO.
  • Somani, A.A., Larrotta, D., Meling, V.B., Byrd, D.A., & Patel, D.I. (2016, Sept). Enhancing undergraduate research experiences. Poster session presented at the Annual Conference for Community Engagement and Healthcare Improvement. San Antonio, TX.
  • Byrd, D.A. & Meling, V.B. (2015, August). Lessons learned from the creation of a student success center in a school of nursing. Poster session presented at the 2015 Summer Institute Engaging Patients & Professionals to Advance Clinical Excellence. San Antonio, TX.

  Professional Presentations

  • Meling, V.B., Backlund, B., Del Bosque, J., Skowron, K. (May 2019). 1-2-3! Utilizing Test-enhanced learning in SI to increase recall, retention, and application. Presentation at the Regional Conference on Supplemental Instruction. College Station, TX.
  • Chumbley, C., Holbrook, D., Loper, L., & Meling, V.B. (Oct 2018). Enhancing Student Transition: Providing Transfer Support in an Academic Health Science Center. Presentation at the 33rd annual National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA) Conference. Niagara Falls, NY.
  • Meling, V.B. & Byrd, D.A. (May, 2018). Supplemental Instruction in an Academic Health Science Center: The Cornerstone of a Nursing Student Success Center. Presentation at the 10th International Conference on Supplemental Instruction. Seattle, WA.
  • Meling, V.B., Byrd, D.A., Patel, D.I., & Holbrook, D. (2018, March). Mentoring Students Hoy for a Successful Mañana: The Impact of Faculty and Peer Mentoring at a Health Science Center. Presentation at the 10th Annual Conference of the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions Educator (AHSIE). Chicago, IL.
  • Byrd, D.A. & Meling, V.B. (2018, January). Seeking the Hispanic student narrative to build institutional capacity. Presentation at the Title I3V Corridor Collaboration Day at Texas State University. San Marcos, TX.
  • Meling, V.B. & Byrd, D.A. (2017, October). Utilizing the student narrative to develop Hispanic student success program. Presentation at the 31st annual Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU) Conference. San Diego, CA.
  • Meling, V.B., Byrd, D.A., Chumbley, C., Kraus-Lozano, A., & Holbrook, D. (2017, September). Going fishing: Staff perspectives on the adoption of an early alert system for student success. Presentation at the 32nd annual National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA) Conference. San Antonio, TX.
  • Meling, V.B., Byrd, D.A., Patel, D.I. (2017, April). Title V year 1 in review: Best practices and partnerships to support STEM education. Presentation at the 9th Annual Conference of the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institution Educators (AHSIE). Las Vegas, NV.
  • Meling, V.B. & Byrd, D.A. (2016, Oct). The Art of Grant Writing to Support Hispanic Student Success. Presentation at the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU) 30th Annual Conference. San Antonio, TX.
  • Meling, V.B. (2015, April). Lessons learned from the creation of a student success center in a Hispanic- serving institution. Presentation at the Symposium on the Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Populations - Ruffalo Noel-Levitz Conference. Atlanta, GA.