LSAMP Pacific Alliance Phase II

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Building a National Model for Excellence in Native American Higher Education ProgramsLSAMP Pacific AllianceUniversity of Alaska AnchorageThe Pacific Alliance UniversitiesUniversity of Alaska AnchorageUniversity of Alaska FairbanksUniversity of Hawai'i ManoaUniversity of WashingtonAlaska Native Civil Engineering graduates Andy White and Michael Nabershelped architects and engineers to design a new 12,000 square foot building onthe UAA campus to house the Pacific Alliance.Pacific AllianceRecruitment, Retention and Placement StrategiesPre-College program: empowerment & excitementabout careers in engineering and sciencecomputer building with trig, physics & chemistryHigh School to University Bridge: Summerexperiences for entering freshmanInternships with Calculus PrepGraduate SchoolPeer mentoring & co-enrollmentPresentations and technical papersOrganized study groupsCollaborative experiencesFaculty cross-cultural trainingFaculty mentoringInternshipsNational & international conferencesGrant writing experienceGraduate research and undergraduate researchWorkshop for Teaching Assistant (TA)instructionFaculty MentoringPeer MentoringSupporting communityProfessional mentoringGraduate studentmentoringResearchUndergraduate RetentionLearning Community Co-enrollmentTeam buildingGroup studyAdvisingScholarshipsInternshipsOverviewOur objective is to effect a systemicchange in the hiring patterns ofIndigenous Americans in the fields ofscience, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) by increasingthe number of individuals on a careerpath to leadership within STEM fields.We will double the 2005 IndigenousSTEM graduation rate over the next 5years.Intellectual merit: Beginning withhigh school juniors, structuredprograms lead students each step ofthe way through high school, into theundergraduate years, on to graduateschool, and into professional life. Ateach level the goal is to createempowerment and excitement aroundengineering and science. We have doubled the Alliancewide Indigenous STEM graduation rate from 46 students in2000 to 95 during the last academic year. Enrollments ofIndigenous students in STEM disciplines have climbed from344 students during the 2001- 2002 academic year to 795during 2004-2005. We have leveraged $3.2 million in NSFfunding with contributions of approximately $11 milliondollars from our many partners.Broader Impact: Our students are among the poorest peoplein the nation. The parents of some of our Alaska Nativestudents were raised on the tundra as nomads and are thefirst generation of people in their families to ever use money.Indigenous students have historically come to ourUniversities under-prepared in math and science. Wewould do years of remedial work at the University beforethese students were able to successfully complete aUniversity level course. In many of the high schools withhigh populations of Native students, coursework was notavailable that would foster success in STEM degreeprograms. We are now bringing Indigenous people who areprepared in math and science to Alliance Universities innumbers that are unprecedented at our institutions. They aregraduating and moving on to graduate schools. At UAA, theUniversity is in construction phase for a 12,000 square footbuilding to house the Pacific Alliance and the IndigenousPeoples Institute for Engineering and Science Education.The new Institute will be a focal point as our programs arereplicated across the nation. We are having a profound andpositive impact on the students, their families, and theircommunities that will endure for generations.