Academic Resource Diversity

Academic Resource Diversity (ARD) is geared towards utilizing and discovering new and distinctive ways in which academic education resources can be leveraged. There are a lot of valuable educational programs and resources that are available throughout the world that can really help benefit NSBE in its pursuit to Excel Academically that we need to discover and take advantage of. One focus of ARD, is to seek out and discover these new and innovative ways of learning, research them, and determine if and how they can be used most effectively in fulfilling the NSBE mission. There are many programs that could enhance the Academic & Technical Excellence of our society that are under emphasized, under publicized, and ineffectively utilized. As the largest student run organization in the world, it is important as engineers and leaders that we stay on the cutting-edge academically and utilize every possible resource available. Being a non-profit organization that is full of students and volunteers, it is important that we effectively leverage the different tools that are available to us. Part of doing this is seeking out and finding out about unexplored educational areas of opportunity and bringing together different groups and resources to accomplish a goal.

Some of the goals for ARD this year include:

• Identifying community and institutional resources that will help to advance the NSBE mission.

• Encourage partnerships with other organizations geared towards Academic Excellence.

• Teach Chapters and Regions how to establish mentorship programs promoting Academic Excellence.

• Plan events and hold community forums to discuss education and Academic Excellence improvement.

• Identify academically challenged institutions and help to set up programs for improvement.

Just to name a few!

There will be many events and partnership ARD will be taking advantage of this year so please continue to check the calendar and find out how you can get involved!

More information can be found at the National page fo ARD.

A Walk For Education

During every april, teams of NSBE members will go door-to-door in designated neighborhoods during the Walk, passing out literature at local businesses and meeting places, informing local youth and their parents about lucrative career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and emphasizing the importance of finishing high school and going to college.

The purpose of A Walk For Education is to increase awareness of the opportunities available through education particularly in the STEM fields and to shatter myths about African-Americans in math, science, engineering and other technologies.

Who will benefit? Students of all ages.

What will we do? Volunteers will walk door-to-door in a predominantly underrepresented minority communities distributing information about area college admissions, area vocational schools, GED, SAT/ACT, NSBE Resources, and financial aid.

Who can participate? Anyone who believes that education is a good thing: a NSBE member, a Greek sorority and fraternity member, a company representative, a church member, and a college graduate as well as a non-college graduate. All are needed in this effort.

This year AWFE was held in oakland, and was a resounding success.

More information on AWFE can be found at the National Page for AWFE.