Outreach & Multi-Ethnic programs

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Graduate-related Educational Opportunity Department Activities

1. Administer programs that help provide financial support for graduate students:

   • National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM) Graduate Fellowship Program, primarily for engineering students

   • King-Chavez-Parks Initiative Future Faculty Program –financial assistance for graduate students interested in teaching at the postsecondary level

   • Michigan Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate and Graduate Fellowship Program – competitive awards primarily for mathematics, science, technology, aerospace, space, Earth systems science, and aeronautics-related research project.

   • Summer financial assistance for graduate students who teach for either the Summer Session and/or the Summer Youth Programs

2. Attend and/or participate in graduate program-related events targeting the recruitment of underrepresented students: 

   • Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Partnerships – recruitment of underrepresented graduate students

   • Florida A&M University (FAMU) Feeder Conference – manage booth for recruitment of underrepresented graduate students

   • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers National Conference

   • National Society of Black Engineers National Conference – manage booth for recruitment of underrepresented graduate students

   • American Indian Science and Engineering Society National Conference

3. Assist faculty who recruit graduate students of color.

For more information -

Department of Educational Opportunity | 1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295 | Phone: (906) 487-3539

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