GERRY SMITH, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Minority Affairs & Minority Engineering Recruitment and Retention Program – MERRP

UIC College of Engineering – Advisory Board Meeting

10/04/2010

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Agenda

Welcome MERRP Update

Review 2009 – 2010 Enrollment Summer Programs – Pilot Boot Camp Update of Fall 2010 Plans Fall, Spring & Summer Programs

UIC Development Update MERRP AB Expansion Plan

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UIC COE Enrollment

Fall 2009 394 Freshmen students

total 392 are Full-Time 301 Full-Time Non-

Minority students Freshman:

91 Full-Time Minority students

1 American Indian 24 African American 66 Latino

Projected Total Fall 2010 enrollment 2098 students)

502 Total Minority 7 American Indian(0.33

%) 136 African

American(6.48%) 359 Latino(17.11%)

Freshmen: 3 American Indian 21 African American 65 Latino

* 2010 enrollments will reflect use of new U.S. Census classifications for the Fall Semester

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Fall 2010 Weekly Application Status Report Monday, August 23, 2010University of Illinois at Chicago Week 53 in Processing Cycle

Undergraduate Degree (detail report includes Non-Degree)Total Applications Admits

All Term Afr Am Asian Am Latino All Term Afr Am Asian Am LatinoBeginning FreshmenFall 2008 14,528 14,528 2,402 2,694 2,668 8,597 8,597 853 1,891 1,436Fall 2009 15,043 15,042 2,407 2,691 3,044 9,317 9,317 902 2,032 1,692Fall 2010 15,345 2% 2,508 4% 2,620 -3% 3,640 20% 9,461 2% 841 2,061 1,893

TransferFall 2008 5,800 5,800745 789 720 2,408 2,408 166 333 296Fall 2009 6,166 6,166849 784 824 2,352 2,352 169 328 306Fall 2010 6,414 4% 917 8% 729 -7% 1,018 24% 2,597 10% 209 24% 347 6% 436 42%

ReadmitFall 2008 449 449 86 86 101 213 21326 37 43Fall 2009 447 447 85 70 105 212 212 29 32 57Fall 2010 478 7% 91 7% 106 51% 106 2% 237 12%29 0% 45 41% 64 12%

• COE is aligned with the UIC Minority Y-t-Y Admissions Trends• COE Hispanic is up 11.9% Y-t-Y• COE Female is 10.9% Y-t-Y (295 students)

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2010 Summer Program

PREP/ME – Incoming Freshmen 15 Students – Yield 10

Graduates Caterpillar Funded

Summer Workshops: High School PREP/ME II –

Technology Boot Camp 1st Robotics Candidates 4 Weeks of Engineering

Concepts 12 Chicago area students Motorola Funded

CHANCE /CHA/ AMERESCO Program 6 Weeks of STEM Concepts 26 CHA CPS students

Engineering Concepts Syllabus Week 1:

Orientation Day / Assessment, Binary Arithmetic & Digital Logic Boolean Algebra Logic Gates Function Minimization

Week 2: Circuits Analysis Programming ( MAT LAB ) Sequential Circuits

Week 3: Communications Solid State / Sensors Tour/Visit or Speaker

Week 4: ME & Concrete Lab tours EVL Tour Engineering Competency Test

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UIC College of Engineering MERRP Programs 2010/2011

MERRP Calendar: Week 1 – Communicate with New and Old Students

Establish SI list of Instructors and Classes Week 2 – MERRP Welcome Back Lunches in the Office

Communicate SI Classes and Schedules Weeks 3 to 9 – SI and Counseling with students Week 13 or 14 Study Hall – MERRP Office Open 16-24 hours

Snack Week for study hall Exec Board Meeting for NSBE and SHPE General Meetings for NSBE and SHPE

Joint organization meetings twice in the semester Execute Weeks 1 thru 15 in Spring Semester Information Events will coordinate with Engineering Student Services Annual Scholarship Banquet Summer College

PREP-ME and High School Institute(proposed)

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COE Minority Engineering Extra Studies

MERRP ProgramSupplemental Instruction ( SI ) Schedule/Fall 2010

-110 students in SI

-17 SI sections of courses

-14 Student Instructors

- 3 GA’s

- Extended Study Hours

-Weekend SI sessions

Class Time Day(s) Location Instructor

ECE 1155 - 6:15

TF

SEO 1234TH 208

Albert Colonacolon1@uic.edu

ECE 265 2 – 4:00 TTR MERRPJan R. Sagun

jsagun2@uic.edu

MATH 090 12 - 1:30 TTR TH 301Ruben Echeverriarechev2@uic.edu

MATH 1213 - 4:30 TTR

TH 301Bradley A. Bibbsbbibbs2@uic.edu

MATH 180 5 - 6:00 TWTR TH 208Hector Oliva

holiva2@uic.edu

MATH 181 4 - 5:005 – 6:00

MWT

AH 302SEO 1318

Diego Cortezdcorte7@uic.edu

MATH 210 5 - 6:0011 – 12:00

MWT

321 TH Genaro Ayalagayala3@uic.edu

MATH 220 6 - 7:30 MT TH 312Anita Ramirez

aramir12@uic.edu

MATH 3104 - 5:002 – 3:00

MW

TH 2041318 SEO

Jeremy Figginsjfiggi2@uic.edu

CME 2015:30 - 6:30

4 – 5:00T

TRBH 205BH 205

Matthias Maciaszekmmacias2@uic.edu

CME 203 4 - 5:00 MFT

TH 208BH 205

Jaime Encarnacionjencar2@uic.edu

CHEM 101 3 - 4:30TTR

SEO 1234Shakeeta Brown

sbrown47@uic.edu

CHEM 1121 - 2:302 - 3:30

MF

TH 320Michou Kenfack

ckenfa2@uic.edu

BIOE 101 5 - 6:00MF

TH 121Jorge Pantoja

jpanto2@uic.edu

CS 102/107 5 - 6:00MW

1318 SEOJeremy Figginsjfiggi2@uic.edu

PHYS 1413 – 4:002 – 3:00

TTRW

1318 SEOAbuel-Rub, Khaled Mustafa

kalrub@uic.edu

PHYS 142 4 – 5:00 MTTR 1318 SEOAbuel-Rub, Khaled Mustafa

kalrub@uic.edu

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UIC College of Engineering Minority Societies Professional Development 2010/2011

Diversity Career Fair (Fall & Spring) Engineering Career Fair (February, 2011) Engineering Student Organization Info Sessions

(NSBE/SHPE/WISE/SWE) NSBE & SHPE Regional Conferences – Fall Semester

NSBE Regional Professional Development Conference in Terra Haute, IN - August, 2010

SHPE National Conference in Cincinnati, OH – October, 2010 NSBE National Conference in St. Louis, MS – March, 2011

SHPE Regional Conference at UIC Hosting SHPE Chapter – April, 2011

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MERRP Expansion

MERRP Board Expansion to select Black and Latino Engineers Minority Engineers – Male or Female Complementary involvement with UIC SWE group Mentoring

Actively promote co-op/internship enrollment with senior/middle level company technical managers

Grow membership of the Minority Engineering Advisory Board (MEAB)

o Expand ‘Shadow an Engineer ‘ program – match students by major to a professional engineer by firm

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