Internet Learning Volume 3, Number 2, Fall 2014 | Page 68

Using Early Warning Signs to Predict Academic Risk in Interactive, Blended Teaching Environments
veteran of university administration, Dr.
Alvarado’s signature program at The University
of Texas at Austin was the creation
of the First year Interest Groups (FIGS), a
learning community initiative she began
in 1998. The initiative focuses on bringing
together the many facets of university life
in one nexus for each student in an effort
to maximize their success. The university
now offers a learning community to all incoming
first year students. Additionally, Dr.
Alvarado led the University’s major Quality
Enhancement Plan initiative, providing the
blueprint and assessment of the University’s
first major curriculum reform in the last
30 years. An alumna of Leadership Texas
(LT’10), Dr. Alvarado has served as a member
of the committee of the board for the
Foundation for Women’ s Resources. Dr.
Alvarado holds a bachelor of journalism,
master of education and doctor of philosophy
degree from The University of Texas
at Austin.
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