Wednesday, August 29, 2007
The Office for Diversity in Science Training will host its first welcome reception today for students from Haskell Indian Nations University and the University of Kansas who are receiving grants supported by the National Institute of Health.
“I think it’s important to bring together the students so they know each other and the goals of the program,” said professor James Orr, director of the office for diversity in science training.
The NIH funds five grant programs for students from Haskell and the University who are interested in attending graduate school and researching biological sciences.
“The grants are for increasing diversity, including ethnic, racial and cultural diversity,” Orr said. “The groups that are the most underrepresented in the sciences currently include Africa Americans, Native Americans and Hispanics.”
The first grant, the Bridge program, was established in 2000 and includes opportunities for Haskell students to conduct research in KU faculty laboratories,
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I think it’s important to bring together the students so they know each other and the goals of the program.
-James Orr, director of the office for diversity in science training
Talia Martin, Fort Hall, Idaho, graduate student, began the Bridge program in 2002 during her freshman year at Haskell. She said the program helped her prepare for future challenges and gave her direction.
“The Bridge program helped me to improve my laboratory skills as well as my social skills,” Martin said. “I became a better communicator, but most importantly I became more focused and confident in my undergraduate classes.”
Roberta Pokphanh, post-baccalaureate research education program coordinator, said they had always hosted a spring symposium for students to share their projects. She said the program would begin with an introduction and comments from Orr, followed by comments from Provost Richard Lariviere, Joseph Steinmetz, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Venida Chenault, vice president of academic affairs at Haskell.
The reception will last from 3 to 4:30 this afternoon at the Big 12 room in the Kansas Union.
— edited by Amelia Freidline
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