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CO-AMP - Colorado Alliance of Minority Participation

Contact:

Don May, CO-AMP Site Coordinator & Professor of Physics/Engineering
601 Berndt Hall
may_d@fortlewis.edu
(970) 247.7545

What is CO-AMP?

The Colorado Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (CO-AMP) is an innovative consortium of fifteen community colleges, four-year institutions, and four Native American tribes in Colorado and the Four Corners region working to increase the number of underrepresented minorities earning bachelor's degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM).  The number of minority students earning bachelor's degrees has more than doubled since 1995 with 215 students to 495 students in 2010.  CO-AMP is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation with Colorado State University as its headquarters.  Visit the CSU CO-AMP website. 

CO-AMP Mission:
  • To substantially increase the quantity (of students graduating) and the quality of education for underrepresented students receiving baccalaureate degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
  • To increase the number of underrepresented students entering graduate schools to attain a doctorate.
 CO-AMP can assist with:
  • Tutoring
  • Faculty mentoring
  • Scholarship information
  • Undergraduate research
  • Summer opportunities
  • Travel support to academic conferences (especially when presenting)

CO-AMP also offers additional support through Academic Awards Competitions and Mini-grant funding.  Get the Academic Awards application here.  Get the Mini-grant application here.  For additional information stop by the office or send an email.

To participate in CO-AMP click here.

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American Indian Science & Engineering Society

Contact:

Native American Center
Elizabeth Perrault, Club Advisor
(970) 247-7225

The Fort Lewis College Chapter of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) has been active since 1989 (one of the most powerful chapters in the United States). For two years over the last decade, the Chapter received the National AISES Chapter Award Stelvino J. Zanin. FLC AISES Chapter members have received Scholarships, Research Awards, Internships, and Career opportunities as a result of their participation with AISES. The yearly average number of student members is 45. Visit the national AISES website.

Program Goals

  • Increase the number of Native Americans in science, math and engineering fields by encouraging them to explore these areas.
  • Provide Native American students with contacts and role models nationwide who work in these professional fields.
  • Provide Native American students with information about internships, scholarships and job opportunities that can enhance their professional careers.
  • Preserve Native American cultures and traditions while encouraging students to pursue careers in science, math and engineering. Initiate AISES chapters into area high schools.
    Advise and mentor middle school and high school students during summer outreach programs in science, math and engineering.
  • Conduct an annual AISES Regional conference to mirror the national AISES Conference to motivate and interest Native American students in the four states of Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado to pursue a college education and graduate school.
  • To have lots of FUN!