specialized programs ACCESS TO RESEARCH COMPREHENSION AND CAREERS Pratt Building, Suite 110 Edward Donahue, Co-director: (718) 488-1664 • [email protected] Dean Maria Vogelstein, Co-director: (718) 488-1008 • [email protected]
The six-year Access to Research Comprehension and Careers (ARCC) Grant, offered through the biology and chemistry graduate departments, funds the tuition for 25 graduate biology and chemistry students and provides a $1,000 monthly stipend for each of those masters’ students for two years. The grants were made possible through the MPBI (Master’s Degree Program at Predominantly Black Institutions) program funded by the U.S. Department of Education. To qualify for an ARCC Grant, students must have minority status and/or meet financial need criteria and must be U.S. citizens. Students must remain in good academic standing by maintaining a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. The ARCC Grant also provides a total of approximately $650,000 for infrastructure improvements on campus to benefit graduate education.
AMERICA READS PROGRAM Pratt Building, Room 510 Nora Mavashev, Coordinator: (718) 488-1039 • [email protected]
The federal America Reads Program allows colleges and universities to select students to go into their communities and tutor children in reading. The program’s major objective is to have all children reading well and independently by the end of the third grade. Undergraduate and graduate matriculated students participating in the America Reads/Counts Program tutor young children from Head Start to build their literacy and math skills. Upon completing training, students are assigned to a local school or daycare and are paid $15 an hour. Interested students must submit an application and related materials by the end of May.
15 • www.liu.edu/brooklyn COLLEGIATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENTRY PROGRAM Metcalfe Building, Room 301 Gladys Palma de Schrynemakers, Associate Provost and Program Director: (718) 488-3405 • [email protected]
The Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) at LIU Brooklyn strives to recruit and retain under-represented minority and economically disadvantaged men and women into post-secondary education and provide a rigorous science education that will prepare them for entry into careers in the licensed professions. By helping students in achieving their academic and career aspirations, CSTEP may achieve its second goal: to build the numbers of minorities in the licensed professions.
Services and Resources: K A pre-freshman experience. K A series of intensive campus-based courses and seminars. K Career preparedness events. K Internship and research opportunities. K Technology-enhanced preparatory classes for the GRE, MCAT and LAST. K Academic reinforcement in small group settings designed to accommodate various learning styles. K Academic and career guidance in individual and group settings from the program’s academic coordinator. K Science and research seminars led by professionals who can serve as role models. K Formal training in the basic elements of scientific research inquiry and the modes of scientific writing in conjunction with guided research experiences.
ARTHUR O. EVE HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM Pratt Building, Room 410 Diana Voelker, Co-director: (718) 488-1043 Okarita Stevens, Co-director: (718) 488-1043 Website: www.liu.edu/brooklyn/heop
The Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) is a New York State−funded program for academically and economically disadvantaged students. Freshmen must apply to HEOP before being admitted into the University. Transfer students from other New York State Opportunity Programs may also apply for admissions into HEOP. The HEOP provides supportive services including a six-week summer program and ongoing workshops in writing, math and science.
Services and Resources: K HEOP students receive a financial aid package that typically consists of TAP and PELL grants, HEOP aid and campus-based aid. K Books are provided for students in the program. K HEOP students have five years or 10 semesters of HEOP eligibility and 10 semesters of TAP. K The program is a partnership between the state of New York and its independent colleges and universities.
16 • www.liu.edu/brooklyn MINORITY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAM Library Learning Center, Room 524A Anthony DePass, Director, MBRS RISE Program Carleta Joseph, Program Manager, MBRS RISE Program: (718) 488-1485 • [email protected] General Inquiries: [email protected] Website: www.liu.edu/brooklyn/mbrsrise
The Minority Biomedical Research Support Program (MBRE RISE) provides support for students interested in pursuing doctoral study in the biomedical sciences. The MBRS RISE Program is funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Insti tutes of Health. Student participation is year-round.
Services and Resources: K Undergraduate students from underrepresented minorities in the sciences who are interested in research and wish to pursue a Ph.D. in the biomedical sciences receive direct (paid) support. K RISE scholars are integrated as research assistants into active research laboratories at LIU and its partner institutions (New York University, Columbia University, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Rutgers University-University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stony Brook University and Virginia Commonwealth University). K The MBRS RISE program includes several enrichment activities, including: – Workshops on scientific writing, scientific ethics, laboratory techniques and study and test-taking skills. – Funding for laboratory supplies and to attend scientific meetings to present research and participate in professional development activities. K MBRS RISE scholars can earn up to $15 per hour for a maximum of 20 hours per week during the academic year and a maximum of 35 hours per week during the winter, spring and summer breaks.
17 • www.liu.edu/brooklyn INTERCULTURAL INSTITUTE ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND AGING Elizabeth Kudadjie-Gyamfi, Assistant Professor Website: www.liu.edu/brooklyn/research
The Intercultural Institute on Human Development and Aging is a research facility devoted to the study of ethnic and cultural issues in development. The Institute was inaugurated in 1996 with funding from the LIU administration and has a multiethnic and multidisciplinary advisory board. Funding sources have included the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute of Aging, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Mental Health, New York State Department of Health, U.S. Justice Department, New York City Department of Youth and Community Development and New York City Board of Education.
In recent years the Institute has acquired a psychophysiology laboratory, which permits the recording of EEG, EKG, SCR and other physiological responses. The Institute has trained over 15 predoctoral and master’s-level students and sponsored 5 postdoctoral fellows. Several have received local and national awards for minority research and gone on to tenure-track positions.
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