Grant to Vsu Will Improve Programs
Posted on: Thursday, 19 May 2005, 03:00 CDT
Virginia State University wants to improve the quality of its science- and math-education programs and increase the number of minorities entering those fields.
Through a recently awarded $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, VSU will begin a program this fall to boost the number of graduates in the fields of science, technology, math and engineering.
The grant is geared to historically black colleges and universities. VSU officials said they hope to increase the university's average number of graduates in the selected fields from 70 to 105 by the end of the five-year grant.
The university's School of Engineering, Science and Technology will administer the four-phase "Trojan Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics," or T-STEM program.
"Science and technology are the areas where minorities are the most underrepresented," said Eric Thomas, VSU vice president for academic affairs.
The program will emphasize the use of technology and promote professional development in technology and interdisciplinary scientific research, officials said.
Last week, VSU broke ground for a new, $20 million engineering, science and technology building that will eventually house the program.
The three-story, 77,000-square-foot classroom-and-research laboratory facility, scheduled for completion by fall 2006, will include mechanical, manufacturing, computer and electronic labs, multimedia classrooms and a state-of-the-art auditorium.
Thomas said the new building, along with other newly formed engineering-degree programs, will "feed into the grant program and enhance the university's science-and-technology activities."
The first phase of VSU's T-STEM program will work to attract high school students. The second phase will aim to improve undergraduate students' skills and retention in the specified areas of study.
The third phase will be geared toward helping students and faculty improve research skills through specially designed learning activities.
The final phase of T-STEM will involve helping undergraduates make a transition into competitive graduate school programs.
Source: Richmond Times - Dispatch
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