Academic Excellence - A Foundation for Success
The student organizations play an important role in leading the efforts in student development career and leadership development. The chapters host workshops and panels facilitated by industry personnel, in resume writing, interviewing skills, and dressing for success. These opportunities serve as career networking connections for both student and employers. The students from the organization chapters also compete in “technical quiz bowls”, technical paper and poster competitions at both the regional and national conferences. The BP Study Center provides office meeting space.
Scholarships
Financial support provides students with a stable foundation to pursue academic success and leadership opportunities. MEP offers undergraduate financial support from the following entities:
ExxonMobil Scholars
The ExxonMobil Scholarship Program was established to encourage outstanding minority students to pursue degrees in engineering. The scholarship can provide up to $6,000 yearly award. To support and improve the chances of success, ExxonMobil will attempt to provide mentors during the freshman and sophomore years. (Subject to the availability of ExxonMobil personnel) The prospective candidates should be a US citizen or permanent resident enrolled in the College of Engineering and preference will be given to students seeking a degree in Chemical, Mechanical or Petroleum engineering.
- Preference will be given to those students who are African American, Hispanic or Native American
- The prospective candidate should have at and must maintain least a 3.0 GPA
- Scholars must complete data sheet and present transcripts each year for submission to ExxonMobil
- Scholars must participate in personal development activities including mentoring sessions, seminar series and community service
Marathon - Ashland
The Marathon Oil Foundation Engineering Diversity Scholarship Program was established, on behalf of the Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, Louisiana Refining Division in Garyville La., to encourage outstanding minority students to pursue degrees in engineering. The scholarship will provide a $1,250 yearly award. The prospective candidates should be a US citizen or permanent resident and must be seeking a degree in Chemical or Mechanical engineering.
- Applicants will be reviewed annually for satisfactory academic progress, including full time enrollment status
- Preference will be given to students maintaining an overall GPA of 3.5 or better
- Preference will be given to students from the River Parishes; (St. John, St. James, and St. Charles.)
The Patrick F. Taylor Scholarship in Engineering
The Patrick F. Taylor Scholarship was established in 1990, to increase the success of underrepresented students in the engineering profession. The scholarship award is $3,000 annually, which will be awarded to students in two increments before or at the start of the fall and the spring semesters of the academic year. The recipient of this scholarship must be a full-time undergraduate student at Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College admitted to or enrolled in the College of Engineering. Preference will be given to students who are a graduate of the College’s Recruitment into Engineering of High Ability Minority Students (REHAMS) program and meet the following criteria:
- Be a U.S. citizen
- Have documented financial need
- Have demonstrated academic excellence in high school and/or have an overall grade point average of at least 2.75 for all college level course work
- Preference may be given to a student who has expressed interest in pursuing a degree in a discipline that supports careers in the petroleum and petroleum-related industry and/or a career specifically in the petroleum industry
Shell Oil Incentive Fund Scholarship
Shell Incentive Fund - Shell Oil Company offers $5,000 annual scholarships through its Shell Incentive Fund program to under-represented students pursuing a four-year degree in a specific technical field of study at certain colleges. The scholarship can be used to pay for tuition and/or normal living expenses. If the necessary criteria are met, scholarships are renewable up to four years or until completion of an undergraduate degree. Scholarship recipients are notified in the summer following their application. Nominations received by July 15 are eligible for fall and spring semester scholarships. Nominations received after July 15 and prior to November 15 are eligible for spring semester scholarships.
- Full-time student with cumulative GPA of 3.2 or above by the conclusion of his or her freshman year. A cumulative GPA of 3.2 must be maintained for the scholarship to be awarded each year thereafter
- Of race/ethnicity designation under-represented in the technical/science academic areas. To be eligible, nominees must be Black (Not of Hispanic Origin), Latino, American Indian, or Alaskan Native
- Eligible Majors: Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Geophysical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Geology, Geophysics and physics
- U.S. Citizen or otherwise legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis
- Student must participate in Shell interview process
- Student agrees to commit to a Shell Oil Company internship if offered prior to December 1st of the funding year
Student must complete an on-line application via www.shell.com/careers. The scholarship application is available via Applying to Shell, then by linking to Applying for a Shell Personal Development Award. Please advise the student to state within the text resume section their objective is to obtain a Shell Incentive Fund Scholarship.
Disclaimer: Shell Oil Company reserved the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Shell Incentive Fund Program for any reason, at its sole discretion, with or without notice
Scholarship-Mentor Programs
The MEP Scholar-Mentor programs are designed to improve the retention and successful graduation of underrepresented engineering students. By offering both financial support along with personal and professional development activities, these programs motivate and support the students in a holistic manner.
ExxonMobil Scholars
ExxonMobil has partnered with LSU over the past five years to provide $250,000 in scholarship funds for MEP. Each EM scholar has been paired with an EM employee mentor. Since the inaugural 2003-04 year, nineteen scholars have been part of the program, twelve have graduated, and three scholars have gone to work full-time at ExxonMobil Corporation.
Taylor Energy Scholars
The Taylor Scholars Program targets former REHAMS participants. The scholarship provides an annual award of $3,000.
