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The ABET President’s Award for Diversity is
presented to recognize U.S.-based educational units, individuals, associations,
and firms for extraordinary success in achieving diversity and
inclusiveness or for facilitating diversity and inclusiveness in the
technological segments of our society.
Nomination Deadline
The nomination must be received electronically by
ABET headquarters by September 1.
Nomination Submission
Contact us if you would like to submit a
nomination. See 3.a.-d. below for nomination guidelines.
Who May Nominate
Nominations for this
award are open. Self-nominations are welcome.
Eligibility Criteria
The ABET President’s Award for Diversity is
presented to recognize U.S.-based educational units, individuals, associations,
and firms for extraordinary success in achieving diversity and
inclusiveness or for facilitating diversity and inclusiveness in the
technological segments of our society.
ABET’s Statement of Policy on Diversity states in
part:
ABET is committed to developing and using the
talents of all qualified persons who study or work in the applied
science, computing, engineering, and technology professions. We
respect the human qualities, both similarities and differences,
present in the work and study environments of our constituencies as
they are affected by our efforts to assure quality and stimulate
innovation. The actions of ABET’s program evaluators,
commissioners, staff, and Board of Directors must demonstrate and
confirm respect for each other and the contribution that each of us
can make. Our professions benefit from the creativity and
constructive improvements best informed and achieved by persons with
varied perspectives, experiences, and talents who work toward shared
goals.
ABET invites applications that describe the
diversity and inclusiveness accomplishments of persons or entities who
meet the following criteria:
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Applicants can be individuals, educational units,
associations, or firms that are involved in the education,
employment, or professional/technical societies associated with
persons in the applied science, computing, engineering, and
technology professions.
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There are no restrictions on who may submit the
application, and self-nominations are encouraged.
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The application must include the following:
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Name and contact information of the applicant.
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A two page (maximum) description of the
diversity or inclusiveness program or achievement that is being
submitted for consideration. Supporting materials may be included
in an appendix.
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Examples of the program’s extraordinary success
in achieving diversity and inclusiveness or for facilitating
diversity and inclusiveness in the technological segments of
society should be included in the description. Factors which
should be considered include:
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The impact of this program or achievement on
the target group and society in general.
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The longevity of the program.
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The transportability of this program to other
persons or entities.
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The proposed citation for this award.
Recipients of the ABET President's Award for
Diversity
2007
California State
University-Los Angeles’ College of Engineering, Computer Science,
and Technology
“For previous and ongoing promotion of MESA
(Math-Engineering-Science Achievement), including sharing procedures
and techniques with a broader audience in promotion of math,
engineering, and science among underrepresented groups.”
Oklahoma State
University-Okmulgee’s Information Technologies Division
“For success in promoting and including American Indians in the
engineering and science disciplines and promotion beyond the campus
borders.”
Lee Snapp
“Nominated by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society
for efforts to establish engineering programs at Tribal Colleges and
Universities.”
2006
The College of Engineering and Computing at
Florida International University
The Florida International University (FIU) College of
Engineering and Computing serves its community through the Center
for Diversity in Engineering. The Center educates and enriches the
K-16 population of FIU and its surrounding Miami Dade County through
bridge programs, dual enrollment, scholarships, undergraduate
research experience, and an annual open house event, “Engineering
Gala,” that is attended by more than 1,000 local middle and high
school students. In addition, FIU not only enrolls underrepresented
minority students in engineering and computing; it graduates them.
The FIU College of Engineering and Computing graduates more Hispanic
engineers and computer scientists than any other college in the
United States (excluding Puerto Rico).
The Ivan G. Seidenberg School of Computer
Science and Information Systems at Pace University
Pace University’s Ivan G. Seidenberg School of Computer Science and
Information Systems provides a supportive atmosphere for its diverse
student body and actively encourages young women to enter the field
of computing. The school hosts the annual Women in Computing
Symposium, which allows high school girls in the New York area to
meet top IT professionals and Pace faculty and encourages them to
discuss the ways that computing can enhance their careers. In
addition, the school hosts the Trendsetters Conference on
Nontraditional Careers. This event invites female students in their
freshman or sophomore year of high school to learn about
nontraditional career options in computing, technology, science, and
other fields in which women are underrepresented. This conference
affords an overview of opportunities in computing technologies and
even provides a hands-on lab where participants learn basic skills,
such as programming.
The College of Engineering at The University
of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) College of Engineering is
committed to providing engineering and science education to a
predominantly Hispanic, economically disadvantaged region. It has
extended outreach efforts to precollege students, parents, and
teachers in El Paso and in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The
UTEP College of Engineering also boasts a successful orientation
program for first-time college students that improves the
participants’ grade point averages and shortens the time to
graduation. These programs have helped to increase steadily the
enrollment of engineering students from the area, and the college’s
transportable initiatives are becoming models to attract more
underrepresented or economically disadvantaged students to technical
disciplines.
2005
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County,
received an award recognizing its distinction of producing more
minority faculty than any other institution in the United States.
Providing faculty from minority communities is critical to the
growth of minority representation in the breadth of colleges and
universities in the United States, and the university was
acknowledged for diversifying a population that is often overlooked
in such efforts.
University of Texas at San Antonio College of
Engineering
The University of Texas at San Antonio’s College
of Engineering boasts an impressive record for attracting and
graduating minority students. During the 2002-2003 academic year,
the college conferred 160 bachelor’s degrees in engineering, and
nearly half of them, 76, went to minority students. Fifty-eight of
those degrees, or 36 percent of the overall total, were awarded to
Hispanic students. The UTSA College of Engineering was recognized
for this accomplishment.
Tulane University and Xavier University of
Louisiana
The industrial hygiene program at Tulane University has developed a
cooperative arrangement with Xavier University of Louisiana, a
Historically Black University, whereby students from Xavier take
classes at Tulane in their senior year in preparation for entering
the industrial hygiene master’s program at Tulane the following
year. This arrangement has permitted the predominantly
African-American science student body at Xavier to step into the
master’s level at Tulane and thereby gain entry into a growing
professional field. The two universities share the President’s
Award for Diversity.
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