PAESMEM Individual Nominee: Jeffrey S. Russell - A Visionary Mentor with a Local and Global Reach

HRD-0429525Dr.杰弗里·罗素是威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校土木与环境工程系教授，建筑工程与管理项目主席。他为妇女和少数群体创造机会的方法是地方-全球性的，”包括参与关于多样性和指导的国家论坛。罗素与女本科生和研究生在当地和全国广泛合作，鼓励和支持他们在工程，特别是在建筑工程和管理，其中妇女历来代表性不足的领域。他赞助他们参与课外活动，通过这些活动他们获得额外的宝贵经验（例如，计划和开展一次全国大会，预算为75万美元）。他的指导活动跨度超过十五年。提交的提名包是为了支持总统奖卓越科学，数学和工程指导（PAESMEM），以表彰杰出的指导工作或计划，提高了历史上代表性不足的群体在科学，数学和工程的参与。

HRD-0429525Dr. Jeffrey Russell is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chair of the Construction Engineering and Management Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His approach to creating opportunities for women and minorities is local-global," incorporating participation in national forums on diversity and mentoring. Russell has worked extensively with female undergraduate and graduate students both locally and nationally to encourage and support them in engineering, especially in construction engineering and management, an area in which women have been historically egregiously underrepresented. He sponsors their involvement in extracurricular activities through which they gain additional valuable experience (e.g., planning and carrying out a national convention with a three-quarters of a million dollar budget). His mentoring activities span more than fifteen years.The submitted nomination package is in support of a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) to recognize outstanding mentoring efforts or programs that enhance the participation of historically underrepresented groups in science, mathematics, and engineering.