NO LONGER A DREAM DEFERRED:
Greater Minority STEM Participation Through
Academic Opportunity and Institutional Change
Northeast Alliance for Graduate
Education and the Professoriate
(NEAGEP)
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Boston University
MIT
Penn State University
Rutgers University
University of Connecticut
University of Maine
University of New
Hampshire
University of Rhode Island
University of Vermont
Bennett College
Jackson State University
Lincoln University
Medgar Evers College
University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
GOAL:
Substantially increase the number
of underrepresented U.S. minority
students who obtain Ph.D. degrees
in STEM disciplines and enter the
professoriate
Underrepresented
minorities:
28.3% of the U.S. population in 2000
8.0% of the total science and
engineering labor force
5.9% of doctoral degrees in STEM
Minority STEM Ph.D. Students Enrolled in
NEAGEP Institutions
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Summer Program for
Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
NEAGEP Internships
NEAGEP Graduate
Support Program
SPUR
Eight-week program of
mentored research
Stipend, free room and board
Transportation costs
covered
www.neagep.org/spur.asp
NEAGEP Internship Program
Accept recent graduates into SPUR
If students want to stay and their faculty
mentors recommend them, they become
Interns
Paid graduate-level stipend, take graduate
courses and work in a laboratory for a year
Apply to graduate school and enter
in fall if accepted
NEAGEP Graduate Student Support
Program
First and Fifth-Year Fellowships
Near-Peer Mentoring
Monthly Social Events
Creative Solutions
Professional Development Events
Travel to Professional Meetings
Partner Visiting Scientist Program
Junior faculty from Partner Institutions spend all
or part of the summer at UMass Amherst
Receive stipend
Learn new techniques
Develop collaborative projects
50
45
40
35
Number
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
URM Enrollment in All STEM Ph.D. Programs at UMA
Earned Doctoral Degrees
(STEM URM)
7
6
Number
5
4
3
2
1
0
24 Excellent graduate programs
Community of scholars through NEAGEP
and beyond
Committed faculty mentors
Welcoming community
Vicente Gomez: Microbiology
Kathy Nieves Puigdoller: Fisheries and Wildlife,
Organismic and Evolutionary
Biology
Almaris Alonso: Microbiology
Ibis Benito: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jorge Trabal: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lisandra Garay Vega: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Jeniffer Concepcion: Microbiology
Enid Arcelay: Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences
Erick Roman Perez: Molecular and Cell Biology
Mara Isel Guerrero: Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences
Nestor Chevere: Chemisty
German Colon: Physics
Daniella Gonzalez: Chemistry
Zuleika Medina: Chemistry
Defended her dissertation on September 13, 2007!!
Edgardo Ortiz: Physics
Theresa Ortiz: Molecular and Cell Biology
Elih Velazquez: Chemistry
Kirsten Granados: Kinesiology
Luis Rosado: Kinesiology
Visit our website:
http://www.neagep.org