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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

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Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Appointed President of California State University, Los Angeles

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"I look forward to engaging and collaborating with Cal State LA’s talented students, staff and faculty to continue the institution’s journey to new heights in student success, research, scholarship and creative activity, and community engagement.” Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Eanes will become the university's first woman president. “A

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A Scholar Who is ‘Extending the Hand as He Climbs’

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But PSU’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) cultural groups helped him become acquainted with research, and, in 2018, he received an internship with the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). It was very isolating, a culture shock for sure,” says Delgado.

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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

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He directs the Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity at Rice University, where he has taught, among other subjects, engineering and computational applied mathematics and operations research. “We In 2018, according to 2021 version of that bi-annual analysis, 16.8% of all scientists and engineers employed full-time and16.7%

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Bridging Research and Practice

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Julian Vasquez Heilig Lori Gottschling For Vasquez Heilig—a prominent public policy researcher who has carved out a national reputation both in and outside academic circles for his scholarship on equity and innovation—the pendulum at WMU is swinging in the right direction. On a recent tour through campus, Vasquez Heilig points out Elson S.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

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Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68

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Athletics and Academics

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“I had an opportunity to be around greatness and to aspire for greatness,” says Prescod, the first Black woman to win an individual medal at the Senior World Championships as well as a team gold medal at the 2018 World Championships. “It Since its inception, ACP has helped participants receive over $10 million in college scholarship funds.