About IBP

Regional Specialists

Sara Xayarath Hernández

Larry Campbell

IBP Projects

Sara Xayarath Hernández

IBP

Larry Campbell

Catalyzing

Partnerships

www.pathwaystoscience.org

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Catalyzing partnerships,

connecting people

IBP increases diversity in STEM.

Catalyzing Partnerships

Synthesizing Information

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Identify a need

Literature review

Project design

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Data Gathering

Materials Development

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Synthesizing Information

Strategic dissemination

Evaluation & Outcomes

Creating and Maintaining Web Resources

www.pathwaystoscience.org

Strategic Web Resources

72,000 visits and 400,000 page views per month during peak portions of the academic calendar

Diversity is complicated.

But all the pieces fit together.

Extensive Outreach

An iterative process....

Extensive Outreach

IBP's Outreach to Students

Conferences

Webinars

Campus Visits...

Response to Inquiries

Data entry

Data updates

Tracking

Response to Inquiries

Targeted bulk emails

Response to Inquiries

Timing is Critical!

October

November

September

Continuity of Support: Recruitment,

Retention and Success

Why Diversity?

Scientific Excellence & Ingenuity

Workforce Development

"Diverse groups of problem solvers outperform groups of the best individual problem solvers."

(citation)

Scott Page, 2007

The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, & Societies, Princton University Press

Our Current Workforce

Scientists & engineers in science & engineering occupations (2006):

Diversity matters.

(citation)

http://nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/digest/theme4.cfm

STEM job growth

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(citation)

ESA calculations using Current Population Survey public-use microdata and estimates from the Employment Projections Program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. http://www.esa.doc.gov/sites/default/files/reports/documents/stemfinalyjuly14_1.pdf.

STEM Enrollment

(citation)

"Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads," Committee on Science, Engineering and Pulbic Policy (COSEPUP), 2011.

Who is underrepresented?

"It's more than just raising awareness."

Faculty, Staff & Administrators

Activities

• Diversity awareness
• Networking
• Mail merges
• Student lists
• Proposal writing assistance

(9,000+ contacts)

Tools

• Faculty Directory
• Student Directory
• Listservs
• Materials

(40,000+ current and former students)

The Marketing "Rule of Seven"

NC OPT-ED AND IBP COLLABORATIONS

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• Materials -- Obtain materials via technology (web portal, email, central repository, etc.).
• NSF Program Affiliations -- K12, Community College, Undergraduate, Graduate, Post Doctorate, Professoriate.
• Opportunities -- Seek advances and early application processes, mailing list.
• Presentations -- Share information (students, faculty, staff).
• Community -- Create a community of engagement and outreach.
• Funding -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc.

Bottom-line -- Increase enrollment in STEM programs and internships, net STEM scholars.

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Iterative Outreach for Website Success

What you can do!

Catalyzing

Partnerships

NC OPT-ED Partners from

AGEP, NC LSAMP, HBCU-UP, CREST, ERC and NC MSEN Programs

Synthesizing

Information

Ashanti Johnson

Executive Director

ajohnson@ibparticipation.org

(866) 593-9103

AGEP: Pathways & Connections

NASA One Stop Shop Initiative (OSSI)

Maine STEM

Pathways to Ocean Sciences

Pathways to Engineering: Digital Mentoring Manual

MS PHD'S

National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematics

Collaborative Research COSEE: Ocean Systems - Building Capacity Through Collaboration

Maine Physical Sciences Partnership

A Rising Tide: Advancing Women and Leadership at the University of Maine

Brandon Jones

Melvin Monette

Web Resources

Brandon Jones

IBP Partnership

Melvin E Monette

Outreach

• Director, Graduate Fellowships
• System Oversight
• Communications Management
• Budget Oversight
• Development Associate
• Outreach and Marketing
• Director, Special Programs
• External Relationships
• Tribal Higher Education Departments Liaison
• National Ass’n of AI Student Affairs Officers

• 11-12 AIGC Outreach
• 6000 AI UG/Grad
• 14 Nat’l Conferences
• Students
• Tribes
• College personnel
• 72 Tribes
• Scholarship Directors
• Tribal Education Dept
• 15 Universities
• AISS Offices and others
• GMSP
• 1200 students annually

Diversity

matters!

• Student Support
• Targeted Internship Info
• Improved Applications
• Resume’ Assistance
• Colleague Networking
• Me and Students
• Info to TCU’s
• Improved Staff Training regarding communications with stakeholders
• Board of Directors Support
• Program approval for new initiatives based on increased visibility of AIGC