Presidential Awards for Excellence In Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring

Earlene Armstrong博士在马里兰大学帕克分校任教的二十年中，显然鼓励了年轻的少数民族学生。她曾担任昆虫学系本科生的主要指导老师，每年正式指导一百多名学生。阿姆斯特朗曾担任大一预科学术充实项目的主任，该项目在马里兰大学的第一年为“有风险”的学生做准备并留住他们，重点是加强他们的数学和科学技能。阿姆斯特朗以与学生一起工作的个人兴趣和帮助学生培养重要的实用技能而闻名，例如良好的时间管理和学习习惯。结果，该项目的学生取得了更高的成绩，保留率达到87%，理科保留率达到55%。这些师徒关系在学生毕业后很长一段时间内仍然活跃。阿姆斯特朗在学生中取得的成功反映在她获得的荣誉上，比如马里兰大学少数民族问题主席委员会颁发的教师少数民族成就奖，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.