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MAGNET/SEM Minority Access/Graduate Networking in the Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Volume 1, Number 1 November, 2000 MAGNET/SEM Minority Access/Graduate Networking in the Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics A New Metropolitan Area Alliance Promotes SEM Doctoral Study AGNET/SEM brings together in particular, choose the professoriate as a Inside this Issue: private and public institutions career, is a nationwide initiative which in New York and New Jersey to supports fifteen alliances. According to M NSF Program Director Dr. Roosevelt Y. Partner enhance the recruitment, retention, and Institutions page 2 graduation rates of doctoral candidates in Johnson, “AGEP provides an opportunity the sciences, engineering, and mathemat- for individual institutions to create a more nurturing graduate environment without Project ics. The Graduate Center of the City Direction page 4 University of New York is the lead institu- sacrificing the standards that have made graduate education in the United States tion in a partnership which includes New Mentoring Jersey Institute of Technology, Stevens the best in the world by many standards.” Partnerships page 5 Institute of Technology, Polytechnic The program is based on the premise that University, and six CUNY colleges academic institutions become more effec- (Brooklyn, City, Hunter, Lehman, Queens, tive when they act cooperatively. At a and the College of Staten Island). time when the demand for university fac- ulty is increasing, the program seeks to promote the “preparation and hiring of The MAGNET/SEM alliance is funded “I envision a network highly qualified minority candidates” who through the National Science Foundation’s of SMET profession- can serve as role models for minority SEM AGEP program (Alliances for Graduate als drawing from students. Education and the Professoriate). AGEP, each other’s expertise which is dedicated to increasing the number MAGNET/SEM already is reaching 34 fel- and resources to cre- of underrepresented minority students who lows who are conducting research in bio- ate nurturing gradu- achieve the Ph.D. in SEM disciplines and, chemistry, biopsychology, biology, chem- ate and professional istry, computer science, earth education environ- and environmental science, ments that will engineering, mathematics, become national physics, and speech and hear- models for the pro- ing sciences. Mentoring is an duction of large num- essential part of the program, bers of outstanding and 35 faculty members from minority profession- the four universities are par- als, changing the cul- ticipating as mentors. ture of graduate edu- cation in the The CUNY Graduate Center process.” figures prominently in the roster of institutions which Dr. Roosevelt Y. lead in the production of Johnson, minority Ph.D.s in the sci- NSF AGEP Program ences, mathematics and engi- Director MAGNET/SEM fellows at the welcoming reception held at the CUNY neering. It was the recipient in Graduate Center 1996 of the Council of Graduate MAGNET/SEM is an alliance of The City University of New York Graduate Center, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Polytechnic University, and Stevens Institute of Technology with Brooklyn College, City College, Hunter College, Lehman College, Queens College, and The College of Staten Island, CUNY. The National Science Foundation Schools/Peterson’s Award for Innovation tion of minority students in SEM dis- Alliances for Graduate Education in the Recruitment and Retention of ciplines. These include: and the Professoriate (AGEP) Minority Graduate Students. In February, 2000, it was among the insti- • the CUNY Pipeline program which Roosevelt Y. Johnson, Program Director tutions honored by the Quality provides preparatory summer insti- Education for Minorities Project, based tutes for prospective minority stu- The CUNY Graduate Center at the Massachusetts Institute of dents interested in doctoral studies leading to careers in college teaching Frances Degen Horowitz, President Technology, for its important contribu- and research; William P. Kelly, Provost tion to the number of doctoral degrees in mathematics, the physical sci- • Project Ascend, which introduces Principal Investigator ences, and engineering earned by and prepares first-generation college underrepresented minority students. Gail Smith, CUNY Graduate Center students for doctoral study; Co-Principal Investigators MAGNET/SEM fellowships at the • the Bridge to the Doctorate, which Graduate Center will supplement encourages students pursuing mas- Linda N. Edwards, CUNY Graduate Center existing CUNY financial support, in ter’s degrees in biomedical sciences to Neville Parker, City College addition to granting full tuition continue to the doctorate; remission for two years. The awards Project Administrator include a summer stipend to ensure • the MAGNET Program’s peer men- Godfrey Gumbs, Hunter College that awardees devote themselves full toring and networking resources, time to their academic pursuits. including its monthly luncheon semi- Research Associate CUNY doctoral student Hua Liu has nars, at which faculty, administra- tors, community leaders, and alumni Marilynne Diggs-Thompson worked with Project Administrator Dr. Godfrey Gumbs to develop the state of lunch with students and help to cre- Steering Committee the art MAGNET/SEM website. This ate a sense of community among provides a crossroads for students, minority scholars. Mirella Afron, College of Staten Island mentors, and faculty at participating MAGNET/SEM works closely with its Robert Bradley, Lehman College institutions and will, in due course, participating CUNY campuses and with Ted Brown, CUNY Graduate Center spotlight students’ research. Louis Celenza, CUNY Graduate Center the CASI, LSAMP, MARC, and MBRS programs. The CUNY Conference in Richard Chappell, CUNY Graduate Students will benefit from the Science and Engineering will bring the Center Graduate Center’s well established entire MAGNET/SEM community Judy Lea Cuddy, Stevens Institute of programs for recruitment and reten- Technology together in February. Jozef Dodziuk, CUNY Graduate Center Robert Engel, Queens College Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Snapshots of MAGNET/SEM’s Partner Institutions Technology Joseph Glick, CUNY Graduate Center New Jersey Institute of Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Robert Goldfarb, CUNY Graduate Center Technology (NJIT) Engineering and Science, Inc.). MAG- Leslie Jacobson, Brooklyn College NET/SEM will be part of a pipeline of student support which includes the Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of JIT, located in Newark, is the Institute’s Educational Opportunity, Technology public technological university Undergraduate Research Experience, Mumtaz Kassir, City College of New Jersey. Throughout its Gerald Koeppl, CUNY Graduate Center N and BS/MS Programs, all of which pro- history it has been committed to devel- vide paths in SMET disciplines for Jeffrey Osleeb, CUNY Graduate Center oping technological skills in underrep- minority students. Richard Pizer, Brooklyn College resented populations. According to Vita Rabinowitz, Hunter College Dean of Graduate Studies Dr. Ronald Approximately 20% of NJIT’s under- Horst Schulz, CUNY Graduate Center Kane, “Establishing MAGNET/SEM on graduate students are African- Nancy Tooney, Polytechnic University our campus has made our graduate pro- American or Hispanic, and the Dennis Weiss, City College gram directors more aware of the inter- University has active chapters of the est of the NSF in helping minority stu- The MAGNET/SEM Newsletter National Society of Black Engineers dents succeed at the doctoral level.” Editor :Helena Leslie and the Society of Hispanic Engineers. Individuals wishing to be added to the In MAGNET/SEM, NJIT will build on MAGNET/SEM will expand the peer mailing list should contact Marilynne the work it is doing to recruit minority group of NJIT’s Presidential Fellows, a Diggs-Thompson at (212) 817 7540, students under the auspices of the group of the University’s most highly [email protected]. Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate qualified doctoral candidates. Support MAGNET/SEM is funded under a grant Achievement Program and the GEM from MAGNET/SEM will complement from the National Science Foundation. Program (National Consortium for NJIT’s existing efforts to draw into its MAGNET/SEM page 2 The Scope of the Challenge MAGNET/SEM The National Science Foundation Congratulates its Fellows annual percentage NSF's annual goal has set a goal of producing 2,000 The City University of 120 New York 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Minority SEM doctoral degrees 100 per year by the year 2000. The Diana Almodovar, Speech and 80 64.8 67.4 55.6 60 adjoining chart shows the per- Hearing Sciences 50.6 49.5 52.7 60 44.3 centage of that goal reached Adil Benmoussa, Physics 40 between 1990 and 1997. Karin Block, Earth and Environmental Sciences 20 Source: National Science Foundation WebCASPAR database at Amber Bradshaw, Biopsychology 0 http://caspar.nsf.gov/webcaspar, courtesy Nicholas Carrasco, Biochemistry 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 of GEM. Ericka Calton, Biomedical Engineering Steve Castro, Chemistry doctoral programs students who have and New York City Technical Colleges. Claudette Davis, Biology already embarked on highly-paid tech- Polytechnic has also been a partner in Racha Estephan, Biochemistry nological careers. the CUNY LSAMP program. Rima Estephan, Biochemistry Lynda Felder, Speech and Hearing Polytechnic University Stevens Institute of Technology Sciences Laura Hatten, Computer Science t Polytechnic University,” tevens, founded in 1870, is Eduardo Hernandez, Engineering
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