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Advancing Black Males in STEM is My Passion — Here’s How I Got There

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Burt Derived from a decade of my research on the subject, the Black Males in Engineering (BME) project aims to address and redress the numbers of Black boys and males interested in and persisting through STEM educational pathways. Finally, Video 5 (“Of Triumph and Perseverance”) offers an illustration of a Black male success story.

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Making Math More Equitable

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Ford, a Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, says she is impressed by Leyva’s scholarly productivity, noting that his research addresses important gaps in STEM educational research and literature. Leyva teaches and mentors undergraduate and graduate students.

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Pride in the Halls

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Guttman recently institutionalized its Lavender Graduation, a pre-graduation ceremony for LGBTQ students which the president, provost, and members of the faculty attend. We evolved our mentoring program so that it better serves the students we are supporting at this time,” says Valencia. The opposite is true for Leyva. “As

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff.

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Women in STEM: Perception Versus Reality

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Women make up 44% of our full-time faculty — which is notable because most of them are engineers — and a majority of the college’s management team, both academic and administrative. For example, we adopted the “Cracking the Glass Ceiling” program for advancing STEM educational excellence among young girls from Israel’s peripheral regions.

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The Right Formula

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Glenn Gilyot Institution:  University of Missouri-Columbia Graduate Program:   Chemistry PhD , Graduate Minor: College Teaching , Graduate Certificate: Science Outreach Education:  Xavier University of Louisiana, Chemistry B.S. Mentors:  Candace Lawrence, PhD (Xavier University of Louisiana); Timothy Glass, Ph.D.

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Mizzou Grad Student Aspires to Inspire the Underrepresented in STEM

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Gilyot calls his position as the graduate student coordinator of STEM Cubs at the university “one of the major highlights of the last three years.” STEM Cubs is designed to engage students “historically underrepresented in STEM education and career fields,” according to the university website.