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Save
These Dates!
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April 6, 2009 Partner Meeting/Alliance Students Tour
Virginia Tech
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April 7, 2009 Second Annual Alliance Symposium at
Virginia Tech
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June 9-11, 2009 NSF Joint Annual Meeting in
Washington, D.C.
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Spring
Semester 2009 Bulletin
Welcome to the spring
semester of 2009! The recent inauguration of our 44th President of the
United States heralds promise for a stronger educational foundation,
increased access, and a wider range of opportunities for this country's
African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American populations. In
alignment with these necessary changes the Virginia-North Carolina
Alliance Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (VA-NC LSAMP)
continues to strive to increase the number of underrepresented minorities
graduating from the alliance with degrees in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics.
This fall a number of
opportunities were offered to students in the alliance. Virginia Tech
sponsored a successful Graduate School Application Retreat with
participants from six partner schools. The University of Virginia hosted
Diversity Career Day with participants from Bennett College for Women and
George Mason University as well as launched the first Virginia Junior
Academy of Sciences' Science Career Symposium at the University of
Virginia an outreach event for middle and high school students. Read articles
about these and other exciting happenings at each of our partner schools
below.
This spring, Alliance
students will have the opportunity to share their research experiences
when the second annual undergraduate research symposium convenes at
Virginia Tech on April 7th. Students will have an opportunity to practice
their presentations, tour Virginia Tech and hear a motivational speaker
on the 6th. While the students are engaged the principal investigators
and program coordinators will meet to discuss business matters. The
symposium will start early on the 7th with oral and poster presentations.
This semester principal investigator William B. Harvey will continue to
conduct site visits to partner schools. The Alliance Advisory Board will
convene early this spring to assess the alliance's progress and provide
constructive advice.
The Alliance
management team wishes you all the best in spring 2009!
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Alliance
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