-building activities, plans and implements a summer bridgeprogram, and monitors students’ academic performance throughout the semester. Tutoring,mentoring, and socializing opportunities are also key areas that the Engineering GoldShirtProgram provides for students. Additionally, students received a participation and academicperformance scholarship that increases from year to year [2].The goals of the Engineering GoldShirt Program include the following: To increase student interest in, and knowledge of engineering as an educational and career choice; To build a sense of community among Engineering GoldShirt Program students and the larger; CEAS student population; To prepare students to perform and succeed in a traditional
these people directly, and we respect them for all kinds of the right reasons, and I think that having that come from them probably builds support in faculty members who might otherwise be a little bit less enthusiastic about it.” – EthanAdditionally, the school requires professors to attend a diversity workshop upon hire, andadditional diversity training is required for professors to serve on a search committee. Faculty arealso increasingly required to include a diversity statement in research grant applications. Forexample, the National Science Foundation’s Computer & Information Science and Engineering(CISE) division has recently begun to encourage grant applicants to include a “broadeningparticipation plan” in their