Presidential Awards for Excellence In Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring

厄琳·阿姆斯特朗博士在马里兰大学学院公园分校任教的20年里，显然鼓励了年轻的少数族裔学生。她曾担任昆虫学系本科生的主要导师，每年正式为100多名学生提供咨询。阿姆斯特朗一直担任普雷什曼学术充实计划的主任，该计划在马里兰州的第一年准备并保留“有风险的”学生，专注于加强他们的数学和科学技能。阿姆斯特朗以个人对与学生合作的兴趣而闻名，并帮助学生培养重要的实践技能，如良好的时间管理和学习习惯。因此，该项目的学生获得了更高的分数，保留率为87%，理科保留率为55%。这些指导关系在学生从大学毕业后很长一段时间内仍然活跃。阿姆斯特朗在学生中的成功体现在她获得的荣誉上，例如马里兰大学少数民族问题校长委员会颁发的教师少数族裔成就奖，以及该大学家长协会颁发的年度杰出顾问奖。

Dr. Earlene Armstrong has clearly encouraged young minority students during her twenty years on faculty at University of Maryland at College Park. She has served as the primary advisor to undergraduate students in the Department of Entomology, formally advising more than one hundred students each year. Armstrong has served as the director of the Prefreshman Academic Enrichment Program, which prepares and retains "at risk" students during their first year at Maryland, focusing on strengthening their skills in mathematics and science. Armstrong is noted for taking a personal interest in working with students, and for helping the student to develop important practical skills, such as good time management and study habits. As a result, the program's students earn higher grades, have a retention rate of eighty-seven percent and a fifty-five percent retention rate in the sciences. Those mentoring relationships remain active long after the students graduate from the university.Armstrong's success with her students is reflected in honors she has received, such as the Faculty Minority Achievement Award from the University of Maryland President's Commission on Ethnic Minority Issues, the Outstanding Advisor of the Year Award from the University's Parents' Association.