Presidential Awards for Excellence In Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring

梅尔文·韦伯博士于1979年开始在亚特兰大的星期六科学学院计划中开展指导活动，该计划为小学生提供科学，数学，计算机应用和沟通技能的教育增强，以及为高中生提供夏季科学，工程和数学研究所。他为增加妇女和少数民族的参与所做的努力跨越了22年。1979年至1996年，星期六科学学院招收了5,000多名当地学生，并成为全国类似项目的典范。韦伯博士的活动基于坚实的规划，发展资金和实施战略，对少数民族在SMET中的成功产生了深远的影响。从他在克拉克亚特兰大大学生物系的教职，韦伯博士随后开始开发支持本科生的项目。他领导的努力，以开发一个多部门的荣誉计划，通过该计划，学生可以在五年内获得学士学位和硕士学位;这成为研究整合和支持入学博士学位（PRISM-D）的计划。第一批学生是在1990-91年。到目前为止，已有6个队列毕业，145名参与者中有131人获得了学士学位（90.3%），131名学士学位获得者中有80人获得了理科硕士学位（61%）。一些学生已经获得博士学位或在研究生院或专业学校。Webb博士发表并提交了许多论文，详细介绍了他在地方、区域和国家各级取得的成功，传播了作为中小企业教育成功做法的指导模式。同样值得注意的是K-12学校、政府和行业参与者在韦伯博士建立的项目中合作的网络。

Dr. Melvin Webb began developing mentoring activities in 1979 with the Saturday Science Academy program in Atlanta, which provided educational enhancement in science, mathematics, computer application and communication skills for elementary-school students, and a Summer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Institute for high-school students. His efforts to increase the participation of women and minorities span more than twenty-two years. The Saturday Science Academy enrolled more than 5,000 local students between 1979 and 1996, and posed as a national model for similar programs.Dr. Webb's activities have progressed based on solid planning developing funds and implementation strategies that have had profound effects on minority success in SMET. From his faculty post in the Biology Department at Clark Atlanta University, Dr. Webb subsequently began to develop programs supporting undergraduate students. He led the effort to develop a multi-departmental honors program through which students could earn both a BS and an MS in five years; this became the Program for Research Integration and Support for Matriculation to the Doctorate (PRISM-D). The first cohort of students was in 1990-91. Thus far six cohorts have graduated and 131of the 145 participants have earned BS degrees (90.3 percent), and 80 of the 131 BS degree recipients have earned MS degrees in the sciences (61 percent). Several students have earned doctorate degrees or are in graduate or professional schools. Dr. Webb has published and presented numerous papers detailing his success at local, regional and national levels, providing dissemination of the mentoring models that pose as successful practices in SMET education. Also noteworthy is the network of K-12 schools, government and industry participants partnering in the programs that Dr. Webb has built.