Presidential Awards for Excellence In Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring

厄琳·阿姆斯特朗博士在马里兰州大学帕克分校任教的20年里，一直鼓励年轻的少数民族学生。她曾担任昆虫学系本科生的主要顾问，每年为100多名学生提供正式咨询。阿姆斯特朗曾担任普里夫曼学术充实计划的主任，该计划在马里兰州的第一年为“有风险”的学生做准备和保留，重点是加强他们在数学和科学方面的技能。阿姆斯特朗以与学生一起工作的个人兴趣而闻名，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，该计划的学生获得更高的成绩，有87%的留存率和55%的科学留存率。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。阿姆斯特朗与学生的成功反映在她获得的荣誉上，例如马里兰州总统少数民族问题委员会颁发的少数民族教师成就奖，以及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.