Conference Session

Track : Graduate - Technical Session 10

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Ashleigh Wright, North Carolina State University; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc; Elizabeth C. Dickey, North Carolina State University; Kimberly S. Weems, North Carolina Central University; Brian J. Reich, North Carolina State University; Caesar R. Jackson, North Carolina Central University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Graduate Education

collaboration between North Carolina CentralUniversity (NCCU), a historically black college/university, and North Carolina State University (NCSU),a predominantly white institution. The Bridge-to-Ph.D. Program is a component of SEAS that preparesunderrepresented minority (URM) Master’s degree candidates at NCCU for Ph.D. degree programs inSTEM fields at NCSU or other doctorate-granting institutions. Bridge-to-Ph.D. supports academic andprofessional preparation of the trainees and includes elements in which trainees and doctoral candidates atNCSU jointly attend monthly seminars on selected technical and professional skills, multidisciplinarycourses, and faculty-led mentorships, research studies, and laboratory rotations. Faculty advisors atNCCU and the