"Alliances have become an integral part of contemporary strategic thinking." - Fortune Magazine
MEP enjoys the privilege of partnering with key national organizations that are working to address the critical shortfall in the production of minority engineering talent. These strategic relationships provide students with increased, unique employment opportunities and the means to continue their education beyond the bachelor degree.
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME)
Since 1974, NACME (the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering) has provided leadership and support for the national effort to increase the representation of successful African American, American Indian and Latino women and men in engineering and technology, math- and science-based careers. Louisiana State University is one of 49 NACME partnering institutions working to meet these challenges. In May, the MEP staff attended the annual symposium and partner meeting in McLean Va. For the 2007-2008 academic year, the MEP program provided students with $45,738 in NACME Associate Scholarship support.
www.nacme.org
INROADS
The mission of inroads is to develop and place talented minority youth in business and industry and prepare them for corporate and community leadership. The MEP works with the INROADS staff to as a means to provide internship opportunities to students and talent to local companies.
www.inroads.org
The National GEM Consortium
The National GEM Consortium is addressing the critical shortfall in the production of American engineering and scientific talent. Our model, a working partnership between academia and industry, is strategic and proven with more than three decades of results. As a nonprofit corporation, our core business is providing graduate fellowships in engineering and science to highly qualified individuals from communities where human capital is virtually untapped.
www.gemfellowship.org
