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ABOUT LSAMP

The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation      

The National Science Foundation (NSF) funds research and education in most fields of science and engineering. Louis Stokes, for whom LSAMP is named, was a politician, civil rights attorney, and advocate. Born in 1925 in Cleveland he became the first African American congressman from Ohio, and was a co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus.

LSAMP is designed to increase the quality and quantity of students, particularly African American, Hispanic, and Native American students who are pursuing degrees and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Currently, the supply of STEM practitioners does not meet our region's or the country's need for well-trained professionals. The VA-NC Alliance's activities will provide a crucial boost not only to the numbers of well-trained professionals, but also to the diversity of that population. The variety of perspectives provided by a more diverse population will strengthen the STEM professions and potentially increase innovation and the ability to solve complex problems faced by our global society in the twenty-first century.

 

LINKS - other items of interest to LSAMP and STEM issues:

American Indian Science and Engineering Society

Diversity at UVa - http://www.virginia.edu/uvadiversity

Google Group for VA-NC Alliance Personnel

Institute for Broadening Participation (Building Partnerships to Support Diversity in Science)

Louis Stokes Videos - http://www.stokescleveland.org/index.htm

National Action Council for Diversity in Engineering

National GEM Consortium (Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc.)

National Science Foundation

National Society of Black Engineers

Office for Diversity and Equity at the University of Virginia

Pathways to Science (Institute for Broadening Participation)

Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Society of Women Engineers

VA-NC LSAMP Brochure

Voices of Diversity at the University of Virginia

 
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