What is the Virginia-North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (VA-NC LSAMP)?
It is a National Science Foundation funded program whose goal is to double the number of underrepresented minorities graduating in the STEM disciplines. Eight colleges and universities have formed an alliance to partner in this endeavor, and they will provide enhancement activities which will support students in their pursuit of STEM degrees, thus recruiting and retaining more students in these fields. Increasing the numbers of underrepresented minority students who earn degrees in the STEM fields will diversify the pool of qualified graduates who are well-prepared to pursue graduate school in STEM fields and careers.
