UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 35, Page 1
June 23, 1994
RISE summer programs being held in new home

     The College of Engineering's Resources to Insure Successful
Engineers (RISE) Program is gearing up for a busy summer in a new
facility.
     The RISE Program, which recently moved into new office space in
the College of Engineering's Du Pont Hall on the Newark campus, has
summer programs set for high school students interested in engineering
and the sciences, as well as incoming freshmen who will enter the
College of Engineering in September.
     From June 27 through July 29, more than 90 11th and 12th grade
students who indicated an interest in mathematics and the applied
sciences will be on the campus for the 1994 FAME/UNITE/MERIT/UD Summer
Program. The program aims to increase effective participation of
African-American, Hispanic-American and Native American youth in
engineering and other science professions, through academic course
work, campus experiences and personal/professional development.
     The students, who will live in the Dickinson Residence Halls,
will take courses in such topics as engineering design, calculus,
chemistry, physics, computers and English.
     In addition to this program for high school students, freshmen
planning to enter the College of Engineering and the RISE Program in
the fall will be on campus for the annual Summer Academy from July 8
to Aug. 12. This academic bridge program gives this year's incoming
RISE students a chance to gain an early orientation both academically
and personally to the rigors of college life. Some 25 students are
expected to participate in the 1994 Summer Academy and enroll as the
fall freshmen RISE class in the College of Engineering.
     Until recently, the RISE Program, directed by Assistant Dean
Michael L. Vaughan, was housed in the Dean's Office in the College of
Engineering. In May, University President David P. Roselle and Dean of
the College of Engineering Stuart L. Cooper joined students, staff and
donors to dedicate a new facility, which was formerly an engineering
laboratory.
     The new RISE office contains a multipurpose tutorial room, a
conference room, a student services transaction counter, office space
for the director and program coordinator and a resource/reference
area.
     The $78,000 renovation project was funded with a lead gift by Air
Products & Chemicals Inc. of Allentown, Pa., CH2M Hill, the DuPont
Co., Hercules Inc., Mobil Oil Corp. and Sun Refining & Marketing Co.
also contributed to the project.
     The summer offerings are only a small part of what the RISE
Program provides to the campus, the state and the region. During the
course of a normal academic year, over 120 African-American, Hispanic-
American and Native American students who are enrolled in the College
of Engineering participate in the RISE Program. These students are
eligible for supportive services that they need to be academically and
professional successful, such as scholarships, undergraduate research
opportunities, tutorial programs, academic and personal counseling,
networking events with representatives from industries and graduate
schools and mentoring programs.