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New alliance helps women and minorities attain careers in math and science

Bowling Green State University has joined a consortium of 15 Ohio universities and state agencies committed to increasing the number of minority students earning bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. With $3.5 million in funding from the National Science Foundation, the Ohio Science and Engineering Alliance also ultimately hopes to increase the number of minority students going on to graduate school in these fields.

The alliance is one of 31 NSF-funded Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation nationwide, named in honor of the congressman from Cleveland. These alliances have been among the most successful efforts nationally at increasing the enrollment of under-represented groups in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or the STEM disciplines, according to Carter Gilmer, a chemistry faculty member and director of the Academic Investment in Math and Science (AIMS) program at the University.

The NSF grant provides $700,000 annually for five years to support projects designed to enhance the recruitment, retention and graduation of minority students, and to encourage participants to attend graduate school. Funds will also be used to support such ventures as a statewide undergraduate research symposium and research-based internships at alliance institutions, as well as individual campus mentoring, tutoring and campus instruction.

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