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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 10:10:06 EST
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GTE awards $450,000 to 15 U.S. colleges and universities to increase the
pipeline of minority undergraduate students in math, science and engineering
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 1999--GTE Corp. today announced
the award of grants totaling $450,000 to 15 U.S. colleges and universities for
innovative pre-college and undergraduate programs that will enable them to
recruit and support qualified minority students in the mathematics, science
and engineering disciplines. The grants, part of the GTE FOCUS program, were
made by the GTE Foundation.
The $30,000 grants, to be used during 1999-2000, will fund programs
designed to give minority students the incentives, skills and support systems
they will need to complete an undergraduate degree in a technical discipline.
The GTE FOCUS program was created in 1982 to help colleges and universities
respond creatively to issues affecting higher education and business. To date,
it has contributed $6.5 million to more than 230 colleges and universities
throughout the United States.
"GTE has had a long-standing commitment to provide educational assistance
to students, particularly those in math and science, said Maureen Gorman, vice
president of the GTE Foundation. "By tapping into such groups as African-
American, Hispanic-American and Native American students, who are
traditionally under-represented in technical disciplines, the GTE FOCUS
program helps create a broad pool of future technical talent for U.S.
business."
Added Dr. Guy Vickers, executive director of the Southeastern Consortium
for Minorities in Engineering: "The GTE FOCUS Grants Program is an investment
in human resources. FOCUS facilitates the efforts of colleges and universities
to ensure that all U.S. students are exposed to opportunities in science,
mathematics, engineering and technology. GTE's FOCUS grants are unique in that
they foster collaboration and partnerships among school systems, colleges and
universities and local industry."
Programs Prepare Students for Science and Technology-related College
Opportunities
California State University at Long Beach -- The Cal State Long Beach
Summer Physics program will provide an intense eight-week program emphasizing
"hands-on" research in the physical sciences for under-represented high school
and community college students. Students will be exposed to computer analysis
tools for solving physics problems and use these tools during the course of
their work on specially designed research projects. Each student will be
paired with another student and a faculty member, and asked to complete a
total of three two-week long research projects.
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.-- The Purdue University program
will provide junior high and high school students with an opportunity to
participate in an Engineering Pre-College Summer program on campus as well as
a Pre-College Recruitment program. Students will be exposed to engineering
role models, team-building skills and hands-on science activities. In
addition, they will be encouraged to maintain their interest in science and
engineering through direct participation of parents and engineering faculty
serving as mentors in these programs.
Other Grant Recipients
Grants also have been awarded to: Albany State University, Albany, Ga;
Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz; California Polytechnic Pomona
University, Pomona, Calif; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo;
Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Wash; University of Florida,
Gainesville, Fla; Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, N.J.; State
University of New York at Brockport, Brockport, N.Y.; State University of New
York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N.Y.; Northeastern Illinois University,
Chicago, Ill.; The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas; Universidad
del Turabo, Gurabo, Puerto Rico; Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans
La.
GTE Foundation
The GTE Foundation, a leading U.S. corporate foundation, supports a
variety of educational, charitable and scientific activities across the United
States and its possessions on behalf of GTE and its subsidiaries.
With 1998 revenues of more than $25 billion, GTE is one of the world's
largest telecommunications companies and a leading provider of integrated
telecommunications services. In the United States, GTE provides local service
in 28 states and wireless service in 17 states; nationwide long-distance and
internetworking services ranging from dial-up Internet access for residential
and small-business consumers to Web-based applications for Fortune 500
companies; as well as video service in selected markets.
CONTACT:
Sharon Cohen-Hagar, 972-507-5365
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