Transcript Slide 1

Howard University Science,
Engineering and Mathematics
(HUSEM) Program:
Our Best Practices
Presented by
Lorraine N. Fleming, Ph.D.
Howard University
Professor, Civil Engineering
at
QEM Network HBCU-UP Workshop
Friday, September 9, 2005
Before proposal preparation…
• Reflected on …
Assessment data to see what worked well &
what did not
Activities that have been institutionalized
Howard’s mission & strategic plan
HUSEM I
HUSEM II
Changes
• Funding
$3 M…$2.5M (w/o cost sharing)
• STEM Disciplines
Chemistry ~ Physics
~ Computer Science ~ Engineering ~ Mathematics
~ Biology ~
HUSEM GOALS
• Increase the number of …
BS degree recipients in STEM
Graduates academically prepared
and motivated for graduate study in
STEM
HUSEM II ELEMENTS
Resource
Retention
Center
New Frontiers
in Science &
Engineering
Course
Undergraduate
Research
Program
Distinguished
Scholars
Program
Distinguished Scholars Program
Ph.D. Bound
High Ability
Students
Distinguished Scholars Program
(continued)
Summer Activities
4-week residential program
Advanced
courses
Research
Methods
Visits to
Research
Universities
Academic Yr Activities
Learning community
Group
registration
Weekly Enrichment
Activities
Service
Learning
Undergraduate Research Program
• On Campus –Academic year & Summer
• Off Campus
 Other
Research Institutions
 National Laboratories
• Weekly seminars (required)
• Research presentations (required)
• Accountability—Pay incentives
Resource Retention Center
• Tutoring (Gatekeeper … bottleneck courses)
• Supplemental Instruction
• Graduate School Preparation
 GRE
Preparation
 Identify graduate programs/fellowship opportunities
 Review of applications and personal statements
 Visits to Research Universities
New Course:
New Frontiers in Science and
Engineering
• Why?
…the changing nature of S&E research and
practice
• Fertile Research Areas





Bioinformatics/genomics
Computational biology
Medicinal/green chemistry
Nanotechnology/ nanoscience
Ethics in science and engineering
• Promote an interdisciplinary sense and awareness
among the STEM community
Final Thoughts
1. Do not simply propose
continuing previous activities
2. Build on previous successes
3. Propose something new and
novel