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A Roadmap from High School to Engineering Colleges

Presenters:Saundra Johnson Austin, NACME Dr. Bevlee Watford, NSF/VA-Tech

Lawrence “Tony” Howell, NJIT

What is NACME?

Our MissionTo ensure American competitiveness in a flat world by leading and supporting the national effort to expand U.S. capability through increasing the number of successful African American, American Indian, and Latino young women and men in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers.

Our VisionAn engineering workforce that looks like America.

NACME Board of DirectorsRole of the Board of Directors: to provide support and advocacy for NACME’s mission.

NACME Corporate CouncilRole of the Corporate Council: to provide support and advocacy for NACME’s mission.

NACME by the Numbers

NACME is the largest private provider of scholarships in engineering for underrepresented minority students.

Since 1974, 24,000+ minority engineering students have been awarded NACME

Scholarships

$124 million has been awarded to support NACME Scholarships and programs to

date

More than 1,200 students supported by NACME Scholarships in 2013

$5.5 million provided by corporate and university partners to fund NACME

Scholarship programs each year

160 Colleges and universities have been awarded NACME Scholarship grants

51 Partner Universities located nationwide

Pre-Engineering Program Strategy

Established partnership with National Academy Foundation (NAF) and Project Lead The Way (PLTW) to open 110 Academies of Engineering. There have been 75 AOEs established nationwide.

Benefits of the AOE Partnerships:

• Distribute engineering awareness materials

• Through the NACME STEM Integration Model (NSIM), NACME Partner Institutions offer summer programs to AOE students and summer bridge programs to first year engineering college students

• Offer scholarships to eligible graduating high school seniors

• NACME Board Companies serve on AOE advisory Boards

AOE students from Cesar Chavez High School, Houston, Texas

AOE students from Scotlandville Magnet High School, Baton Rouge, LA

High School

Funding for materials provided by a grant from the Northrop Grumman Foundation.

All Students

Middle School

DVD that offers helps students improve study habits and succeed in school.

Pre-Engineering Awareness Materials

Did you know that there are more than 200 different engineering disciplines? Some of the most popular are:

NACME Guide to Engineering CollegesEngineering Disciplines

Aerospace Agricultural & Biological

Architectural & Civil Audio

Bioengineering & Biochemical Biomedical

Ceramics & Materials Chemical

Computer Electrical

Environmental Geological

Industrial & Manufacturing Marine and Ocean

Mechanical Mining

Nuclear Petroleum

For more information on these disciplines visit:nacme.org/types-of-engineering

• How to improve your chances of being admitted to college?– Keep your high school GPA up– Take challenging math and science courses– Take courses on local college campus for credit– Work hard to get a good score on standardized tests (SAT

and ACT)– Seek community service and extra-curricular activities to

show a well rounded student– Take time to create your personal statement– Give guidance counselor enough time to write letter of

recommendations

NACME Guide to Engineering CollegesFAQs

• Freshman Year:– Meet with Guidance Counselor to establish academic track and start

to take challenging math and science classes • Sophomore Year:

– Take PSAT Exam and participate in extra-curricular activities and search for summer programs

• Junior Year:– Take SAT or ACT Exam– Search for college scholarships, visit colleges, enroll in AP exams,

and participate in summer programs• Senior Year:

– Apply for college and financial aid– Apply for NACME Pre-Engineering Scholarship

NACME Guide to Engineering CollegesTimeline for High School Students

Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity

Bev WatfordJuly 2014

Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity

• Founded 1992 as the Office of Minority Engineering Programs

• Increase numbers of URM students earning engineering degrees from VT

• Programs targeted for– African Americans– Women– Hispanic/Latina/o

CEED

• 2001– Grutter v. Michigan– Virginia OCR lawsuit – Name change to CEED

• 2004– NSF STEP award

• Quantum expansion of numbers of students served• Recognition of successful programs

CEED

• 2010– STEP 1B award with College of Science– Collaboration with Residence Life - inVenTs

• 2013 - Suite of Programs– Middle school (Imagination, inVenTs Outreach,

Summer BLAST)– High school (C-Tech2, PCI, RISE, Women’s

Preview Weekend)– Pre-freshman (STEP Bridge)– Undergraduate (Mentoring, Hypatia, Galileo,

inVenTs)

CEED

• 3 full time staff– Assistant Director: Susan Arnold Christian– Assistant to Director: Sandra Griffith– Office Manager: Becky Shelor

• 7 graduate assistants• ~150 undergraduate students

• Serving over 1,000 students annually

K-12 Programs

• Imagination– 1 week day

camp– Rising 7th and 8th

grade students– ~40 students– 2 separate

weeks in July

K-12 Programs

• C-Tech2

• 2 week residential• Rising 11th and 12th

grade girls

K-12 Programs

• RISE– Sophomores from

Tidewater and NoVA

– One VT event per semester until they graduate (5 visits)

K-12 Programs

• PreCollege Initiative (with NSBE)

• Saturday Activities• Kickoff Weekend

• Parent Program

K-12 Programs

• Women’s Preview Weekend– Faculty Breakfast– Parent Talk– Tours/Student Organizations

STEP Summer Bridge

• “bridging” the transition from high school to college (5 weeks)

• Academic Development– Chemistry, lab, intro to

engineering, precalculus• Professional Development

– Leadership development, interviewing

• Personal Development– Etiquette dinner,

mentoring, team building

Fall Welcome Picnic

Peer Mentoring

• Upper-class Team Leaders• 5-8 freshman

– BEST (Black Engineering Support Teams)– WEST (Women in Engineering Support

Teams)– AHORA (Academic Hispanic OutReach

Alliance)– GUEST (General Engineering Support

Teams)• Monthly dinners• After test socials

Galipatia

• Hypatia (2001), Galileo (2005)• “Living, learning community”

– Fall Seminar– Block Scheduling– Leadership Development

• Academic, Community Service, Social Committees

• Peer Mentoring

• Collaboration with College of Science– DaVinci (biological and life sciences)– Curie (physical and quantitative sciences)

• Leadership Opportunities– Design Competitions– Social Committee– Publicity Committee

Who is inVenTs?

Impact on Retention

Presenter: Lawrence “Tony” HowellExecutive Director, Educational

Opportunity Programs

The Center for Pre-College Programs was established in 1978 in order to increase access to scientific and technological fields among traditionally underrepresented populations and to improve the teaching of science and mathematics in secondary and elementary schools. All programs involve corporate partners, local school districts, non-profit educational organizations, and NJIT

The corporate partners provide classroom speakers, financial support, role models, field trips, and expertise in the teaching of science and engineering

Over three decades of involvement in pre-college science and engineering programs have convinced NJIT and its partners that intervention must begin in the elementary grades

NJIT has greatly increased its activities aimed at improving science teaching in the classroom and reforming the elementary science curriculum as early as kindergarten

The Center for Pre-College Programs annually serves more than 3,000 elementary and secondary students and their teachers in a variety of programs

NJIT Center for Pre-College Programs

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Early College Preparatory Programs

Women in Engineering & Technology Initiatives FEMME Program• Environmental Engineering FEMME -- 4th Grade / Female• Aeronautical Engineering FEMME -- 5th Grade / Female• Mechanical Engineering FEMME -- 6th Grade / Female• Chemical Engineering FEMME -- 7th Grade / Female• Biomedical Engineering FEMME -- 8th Grade / Female

Environmental Science and Engineering Program (ESEP) -- 4th Grade Aeronautical Engineering Program (AEP) -- 5th Grade Pre-Engineering Program (PrEP) -- 6th Grade Explore Careers in Technology and Engineering (ExCITE) -- 7th Grade Medical Robotics (MEDIBOTICS) -- 8th Grade Introduction to Chemical Industry in Engineering Program (IChIME) -- 7th

and 8th Grade Fundamentals of Physical Sciences (FPS) -- 9th through 11th Grade

• Chemistry• Physics

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NACME/NJIT NACME NSIM Linkage Summer 2013 Pre-College Program

Six-week, residential, multi-STEM program for middle/high school students (maximum 20 students at each level);

Instructional/experiential presentations with culminating student project focused on tangible, real-life applications;

Curriculum tied to AOE/PLTW formats, but with instruction tied to college admissions criteria;

Correlation of summer program with sending schools curriculum

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