AGEP PROJECT PROFILE INFORMATION: 
The NSF-AGEP at the University of Florida
PI: David
Colburn, Provost
PO Box 113175 (352) 392-2404 |
Program
Coordinator / Director: Anne Donnelly
205 Particle Science and Technology Building PO
Box 116135 Gainesville, FL 32611 (352) 846-1194 |
Preferred
day-to-day contact person: Anne Donnelly
205 Particle Science and Technology Building PO
Box 116135 Gainesville, FL 32611 (352) 846-1194 |
Primary
Partners: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Secondary
Partners: FGLSAMP Institutions
(Albany State University; Bethune-Cookman College; Florida Community College
at Jacksonville; Florida International University; Florida Memorial College;
Florida State University; Miami-Dade Community College; Tallahassee Community
College; University of Central Florida; University of Miami; University of
South Florida). |
Disciplines
/ departments:
- Materials Science and
Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil and Coastal
Engineering
- Industrial and Systems
Engineering
- Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Environmental
Engineering
- Physics
- Microbiology and Cell
Science
- Entomology
- Chemical Engineering
- Animal Sciences
- Agricultural
Engineering
Website address: www.erc.ufl.edu/agep
Impact
nugget:
The NSF-AGEP at the University of Florida, through aggressive recruitment in collaboration with FGLSAMP and other Institutions, UF’s Particle Engineering Research Center (PERC), Science and Engineering departments at the University of Florida, as well as through its Spring and Fall campus visitation program, has shown an increase in the numbers of Black and Latino students enrolled in the University’s Science and Engineering programs. There have been increases in total minority graduate enrollments in the Hard Sciences, Engineering, and Biological Sciences. The total enrollment of minority graduate students in the Hard Sciences increased from 196 students in 1997 to 298 students in 2002 (52% increase). The increase in Engineering has been 43% from 121 students in 1997 to 173 students in 2002. In Microbiology and Cell Science, the total enrollment of minority graduate students increased from 57 students in 1997 to 96 students in 2002 (68% increase). In 2003 there has been a 50% increase, when compared to the year 1997, in the numbers of minority students who received PhDs in Engineering. The NSF-AGEP at the University of Florida will continue to pursue creative means of recruiting and retaining students from underrepresented groups and preparing them for entry into academic careers, by building on its past successes and incorporating the lessons learned from past experiences and other proven models.
Statement:
The NSF-AGEP at the University of Florida, through networking with other Alliances and other NSF-funded projects, has increased the opportunities that AGEP scholars have as they prepare to enter academic careers.