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IGERT National Recruitment Program
(INRP)
A partnership between:
■ IGERT National Recruitment Staff
■ Each IGERT Recruitment Effort
Note: INRP will not replace current recruitment efforts
IGERT National Recruitment Program
(INRP)
Provide effective liaison services to:
■ All IGERT Programs
■ Minority Serving Institutions and
Organizations
■ Potential Students
INRP Staff:
JAMES A. TEERI, Director
SANDRA H. THOMAS, Senior Administrator
ALLYSON FAUVER, Program Coordinator
CHRIS CASH, Student Advisor
CHRIS BREHME, Webmaster
INRP Advisory Committee:
ANSLEY ABRAHAM Director, SREB Scholars Program
BARBARA SHERRY IGERT PI, North Carolina State University
EMORCIA HILL Director, Excellence Through Diversity Program, NE Board of Higher Ed.
IAN HARRISON IGERT PI, University of Virginia
MARGARET DANIELS TYLER Executive Director, Gates Millennium Scholars Program
MARK HAY Signals in the Sea, Georgia Institute or Technology
RICHARD GROSBERG IGERT PI, UC-Davis
SUSAN BRANTELY IGERT PI, Pennsylvania State University
THERESA A. MALDONADO Associate VP for Research, University of Texas, Arlington
IGERT National Recruitment Program Strategies:
Outreach to:
■ Students, including those in established women/minority programs
in research universities
■ Minority serving organizations
Establish and maintain:
■ Interactive website and database to support
IGERT faculty and potential applicant linkage
Examples of Minority Undergraduate Programs
■ Alliance for Success Institutions
■ American Indian Science and Engineering Society
■ Black Graduate Student Association (Howard University)
■ Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools
■ Minority Access, Inc.
■ Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE)
■ National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc.
(gem)
■ National Minority Research Symposium
■ National Physical Science Consortium
■ Science and Engineering Alliance, Inc. (SEA)
■ Scientists for the 21st Century: Biomedical Research and Training Opportunities for
Minorities (NIH)
■ Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS)
■ Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in the Sciences (SACNAS)
■ Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
NSF Programs that Prepare Minority Undergraduates
for Graduate School
■ Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
■ Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP)
■ Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
■ Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)
■ Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB)
Priming the Pump: Strategies for Increasing the Achievement
of Underrepresented Minority Undergraduates
■ Download from: www.collegeboard.org
Recruiting to IGERT
■ REU-type programs are very effective recruiting methods.
■ Students seek a “caring and nurturing” environment.
■ IGERT needs to demonstrate to students that it has a caring staff.
■ Students need to know that they will be supported in many ways.
■ Recruitment is not a one visit event; it must be ongoing to
demonstrate a caring and nurturing environment.
Services for All IGERT Programs
Goals:
■ Help locate and recruit qualified students, including women and minorities.
■ Design a generic recruitment package for all IGERT programs.
■ Contact each IGERT to offer assistance and solicit advice.
■ Identify a subset of IGERTs to work intensively on recruitment.
■ Identify appropriate contacts and contact information for each IGERT.
■ Develop a brief recruitment portfolio for each IGERT.
Services for Minority Serving Institutions and
Organizations
Goals:
■ Help MSI’s & MSO’s find appropriate IGERTs for their students
■ Identify contacts in minority training community
■ Educate and assist MSI’s with IGERT opportunities
■ Educate and assist MSO’s with IGERT opportunities
Services for Potential Students
Goals:
■ Help students find appropriate IGERT programs
■ Identify undergraduates with interests appropriate to IGERTs
■ Educate these students about IGERT & career opportunities
■ Link individual students with appropriate IGERTs
■ Develop and implement retention assistance strategy
including routine follow up with students and IGERT
programs
IGERT National Recruitment Program:
A Work in Progress–
All Suggestions Welcome!