Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, & Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM)

少数民族项目办公室（OMP）在工程和应用科学学院Carolyn VallasThe少数民族项目办公室（OMP）的主要目标是增加招聘，保留和毕业的代表性不足的学生攻读本科和研究生学位的工程。 这项工作是在增加对工程感兴趣的少数民族高中学生人才库和提高少数民族社区对工程的认识的更大目标范围内进行的。 OMP的努力包括为正在上升的高中三年级和四年级学生提供为期一周的住宿计划，为一年级学生提供夏桥学院，在企业部门实习，以及与弗吉尼亚大学教师的研究机会。 由于OMP计划，超过249名代表性不足的少数民族本科生和122名研究生在过去十年中获得了工程学院的学位。

Office of Minority Programs (OMP) in the School of Engineering and Applied ScienceUniversity of VirginiaCarolyn VallasThe primary objective of the Office of Minority Programs (OMP) is to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation of underrepresented students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering. This work has been carried out within the larger purpose of increasing the pool of talented minority high school students interested in engineering and heightening awareness of engineering within minority communities. OMP efforts include a week-long residential program for rising high school juniors and seniors, a summer bridge academy for first-year students, internships in the corporate sector, and research opportunities with University of Virginia faculty. As a result of OMPs programs, over 249 underrepresented minority undergraduate students and 122 graduate students have received degrees from the engineering school during the last ten years.