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updated November 18, 2009
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PRISM Program Expands to Get More Students Interested in Engineering
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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's Portal Resource for Indiana Science
and Mathematics (PRISM) Project has expanded its E-MERGE mentoring program
this school year to include young women interested in engineering or
technology from Terre Haute North, West Vigo and Northview high schools.
Supported through the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the
Improvement of Education, E-MERGE uses tele-mentoring to nurture freshman
students, guiding them toward success in the workplace or post-secondary
education, according to PRISM Director Patricia Carlson.
"We are focusing on helping the students learn life skills and deal with
tough situations they may encounter in high school," said Carlson.
The students and Rose-Hulman mentors are using the book "GirlWise: How to be
Confident, Capable, Cool, and in Control," by Julia DeVillers, during the
mentoring sessions. Some of the topics covered are self confidence, self
esteem, time management, money management and dealing with everyday issues.
Also, the groups are career and college awareness, covering the
misconceptions female students may have about engineering, scholarship
opportunities available for women, choosing the right college, preparing for
SAT and college, and completing college applications and essays.
The E-MERGE program includes 34 freshmen from Terre Haute North, 14 freshmen
from Northview and 12 sophomores from West Vigo (holdovers from last year's
pilot program).
Rose-Hulman students serving as mentors are Kendra Albers, Cheyenne
Arrowsling, Emily Dosmar, Kavitha Duvoor, Samantha Gregory, Susanna Kelly,
Jessica McKinley, Danica Neier, Jessica Rogers, Rachel Schaftlein, Paige
Stewart, Megen Velten and Cristen Weist.
The PRISM program has been awarded a continuation grant to sustain its role
as the West-Central Center for the Indiana Science Technology Engineering
and Mathematics Resources Network (I-STEM) through 2011. This consortium
brings together 11 regional hubs whose goal is to provide both leadership
and resources for high academic standards in STEM areas throughout the
state.
PRISM has also accomplished some significant milestones during October. The
service, celebrating six years of service to K-12 STEM education in Indiana,
recently surpassed 80 million cumulative hits on its Web site. Additionally,
the portal has 5,913 registered members and 26,576 registered student
accounts.
PRISM has hosted a Moodle server for approximately four years. As of
October, there have been 940 active courses and over 30,000 user accounts.
The Web site features Moodle tutorials and opportunities to register for
distance education through Moodle.
For more information about the PRISM program, check out
http://www.rose-prism.org.
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