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The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program is a project sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the California State University.  Its goal is to broaden participation in Science, Math, Engineering and Technology (SMET) disciplines and contribute to the national agenda to increase the number of underrepresented minorities receiving baccalaureate degrees in STEM disciplines. To be eligible, a student must be an individual who has faced or faces social, cultural, educational, or economic barriers to careers in STEM.

CSUB-LSAMP consists of two main components: Summer Bridge and Academic Workshops.

2008 SUMMER BRIDGE

Participants attend the CSUB campus for four weeks to study mathematics and science, and to get acquainted with campus life. They receive a stipend that ranges between $400 and $800 (depending on performance), a graphing calculator, and tutoring in SMET, which might prove invaluable later during their college studies.  The dates and hours for the 2008 LSAMP Summer Program are June 23 - July 18, Monday - Friday 9:30-noon, and Monday - Thursday 1-3:30 in the afternoon. 

ACADEMIC WORKSHOPS

These are mandatory-attendance workshops for CSUB students supporting lower-division courses in ChemistryMathematics, and Physics.  They are offered every quarter at CSUB.

At CSUB the supported courses are:

Descriptions of these courses are in the CSUB catalog.

BC students should contact the MESA program for information about supporting lower-division courses.

LSAMP RESEARCH COMPONENT AT BC OR CSUB 

The purpose of the LSAMP Research Component (RC) is to prepare minority students in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or Technology (SMET) research areas so that students (a) understand the research process, and (b) become ready for extramural summer research internships leading to graduate school. For more information, click here.

ELIGIBILITY

Admitted students to BC (if they plan to transfer to CSUB) or CSUB.

Declared Majors in any of the following:

Students must be members of a group that has traditionally been undeserved in higher education and faces social, cultural, educational, or economic barriers to careers in STEM. Underrepresented ethnic groups are

  • Hispanic or Latino-Americans

  • African-Americans

  • Native American or Aleuts

  • Pacific Islanders

Having passed the ELM requirement (CSUB students) or be ready to take Math BC (Plane Trigonometry) or
higher (BC Students).

A recommendation letter from a science or math teacher.

A transcript from your current school.

Questions? Contact us!

Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation
c/o Professor Javier Trigos
Department of Mathematics
California State University,
Bakersfield

Bakersfield, CA 93311
Tel (661) 654-2031

or

Mr. David Meyers LSAMP BC Coordinator
 Math Dept.
 
Bakersfield College
 Office:
MS 19A
 
1801 Panorama Drive
 
Bakersfield, CA 93305
 (661)
395-4517

 

Supported by the National Science Foundation grant number HRD-0331537 and the CSU Chancellor's office

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Maintained by Javier  Trigos
Date last edited 03/07/2006