Individual Award for Excellence in Mentoring: Dr. Cheryl Schrader

HRD 05- 28210提交的提名包是为了支持总统奖卓越的科学，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，Cheryl Schrader博士目前是博伊西州立大学工程学院的教授和院长（2003年至今），虽然她被提名为她的辅导计划在德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥（1991-2003）以及在博伊西州立大学。施拉德博士表现出强烈的个人承诺，学生和教师的指导，通过她的指导计划，学生们扩大了他们在工程领域的视野。她的成功记录是最接地她在UTSA，在那里她是在校园里的女工程师（SWE）的社会，以及工程荣誉社会的创始教师导师的工作。她的校园活动包括参与其他一些学生支持计划，如NSF少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP），麦克奈尔学者，以及来自美国宇航局和海军研究办公室（ONR）的少数民族学者计划。自从来到BSU，她有针对性地指导女教师，发展与刘易斯堡学院（大美洲印第安人招生）的合作伙伴关系，建立物理和工程双学位课程，并推广到数百名当地的大学预科女孩。

HRD 05-28210The 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.Dr. Cheryl Schrader is currently a professor and Dean of the College of Engineering at Boise State University (2003-present), although she is nominated for her mentoring programs at the University of Texas at San Antonio (1991-2003) as well as at Boise State Univ. Dr. Schrader has demonstrated a strong personal commitment to students and faculty guidance, and through her mentoring programs students have expanded their horizons in the fields of engineering. Her record of success is most grounded in her work at UTSA, where she was the founding faculty mentor for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) on campus, as well as for the engineering honor society. Her campus activities include involvement in a number of other student-support programs, such as the NSF Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP), McNair Scholars, and minority scholar programs from NASA and the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Since arriving at BSU, she has targeted mentoring female faculty, developing a partnership with Fort Lewis College (large Amer. Indian enrollment) to establish a dual-degree program in physics and engineering, and outreach to hundreds of local pre-college girls.