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Savannah State University (SSU) has been the main aperture through which ethnic minorities in Georgia have entered the technical professions. The University offers quality education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Significant challenges to maintaining the quality of academic programs have been to recruit and retain minority students in large numbers and to encourage them to continue their education in graduate schools in these disciplines

Minority Access to Graduate Education and Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (MAGEC-STEM) program is to establish a framework for the production of a continuous stream of highly competent and well qualified minority scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians. This goal will be achieved through a vigorous and cost effective implementation of a number of activities such as faculty development, curriculum review and revision, infrastructure development, student tracking and midstream interventions, career counseling and exploration, experiential training, a pre-freshman/head-start program, and selective recruitment to ensure a perpetual supply of high-ability/high-potential of STEM students.

MAGEC-STEM proposed activities will have direct impact on two groups of minority students. The first group and absorbing most of our energy will be the STEM undergraduates at SSU. Activities for these students will ensure that a large number of them will successfully complete their undergraduate education in STEM with a high percentage of them enrolling in graduate school. The second group consists of pre-freshman students. Activities will include vigorous targeting and recruitment of high potential students to feed this group, and strengthening admitted students’ backgrounds in STEM subject areas. The MAGEC-STEM program will expose a large number of minority youngsters to STEM careers and will also enhance our chances of achieving increased enrollments in STEM in future years.

MAGEC-STEM is a collaborative effort with a number of institutions (Georgia Institute of Technology, Mercer University and Medical College of Georgia), area businesses, and the school systems within our service area. It will benefit from our already existing relationship with Georgia Tech and Mercer University, and from our shared interest in the Yamacraw initiative with H.O. systems, Inc., and Bell South, as well as our collaborative program with the Gulf Stream Aerospace Company. Additionally, SSU has formed a partnership with the South Eastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering (SECME) Inc. to conduct annual workshops for science and mathematics teachers in order to strengthen our recruitment base and source of future undergraduate STEM students.

Planning, formative and summative evaluations will be conducted to periodically measure project outcomes, determine required mid-corrections, weigh the merits and values of activities, and ensure strict compliance with NSF policies and guidelines. Our specific goals are to increase STEM enrollment at SSU, and attaining a STEM undergraduate student retention rate of 80%, minimum, and placing at least 30% of STEM graduates in graduate schools. MAGEC-STEM will be managed and implemented by highly competent faculty from biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, engineering and technology. Every member of the leadership team has had a substantial amount of experience in funded educational/training program management and implementation.

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