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Enhancing Appalachian & Minority STEM Majors Success

UK AMSTEMM program aims to recruit, retain, and graduate Appalachian & minority STEM majors by providing specialized support services. The program includes research participation, academic advising, living/learning communities, and more to increase enrollment, retention, and graduation rates.

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Enhancing Appalachian & Minority STEM Majors Success

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  1. Recruiting, Retaining, and Graduating Appalachian and Minority STEM Majors Dr. Robert S. Tannenbaum Suzanne Scheff UK AMSTEMM Program

  2. UK AMSTEMM Appalachian and Minority STEM Majors

  3. UK AMSTEMM • Appalachian and Minority Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Majors • Five-year NSF grant, 1/1/05 - 12/31/09 • Recruit, Retain, and Graduate Appalachian and Minority STEM Majors by providing an array of specialized support services Appalachian and Minority STEM Majors

  4. UK AMSTEMM Majors • STEM Majors at UK include: • Agricultural Biotechnology • Biology • Chemistry • Engineering • Geology • Mathematics • Physics • Science and Mathematics Education • Minorities, Women, and Appalachian Students are seriously underrepresented in these majors Appalachian and Minority STEM Majors

  5. UK AMSTEMM Overview Appalachian and Minority STEM Majors

  6. Recruitment Phase Includes: Appalachian and Minority STEM Majors

  7. Retention Phase Includes: Appalachian and Minority STEM Majors

  8. Retention and Graduation Phases Include: Appalachian and Minority STEM Majors

  9. AMSTEMM Numerical Goals: Increase In Years 1-5: • Appalachian STEM Applicants: 50+/yr • Minority STEM Applicants: 10+/yr • Appalachian STEM enrollees: 40+/yr • Minority STEM enrollees 7+/yr By Year 5: • Appalachian STEM graduates 30+/yr • Minority STEM graduates 5+/yr Appalachian and Minority STEM Majors

  10. AMSTEMM Nonnumeric Goals: • Demonstrate that the provision of extensive support services for students will result in significant increases in enrollment, retention, and graduation of Appalachian, minority, and women STEM students • Provide a model for UK to institutionalize and other universities to initiate to increase STEM enrollment, retention, and graduation • Cooperate and coordinate with other KY universities with similar goals Appalachian and Minority STEM Majors

  11. Highlights of AMSTEMM Students may: • Participate in Research • Attend Bi-Weekly Research Colloquia and take a Methods Course • Take a Place-Based Discovery Seminar • Receive Extra Academic Support and Advising • Join a Living/Learning Community Appalachian and Minority STEM Majors

  12. Contact AMSTEMM http://www.uky.edu/amstemm Sue Scheff: 257-2614 suescheff@uky.edu Robert Tannenbaum 257-5644 rst@uky.edu 113 Bowman Hall 0059 Appalachian and Minority STEM Majors

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