The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) is a National Science Foundation funded initiative that seeks to increase the number of underrepresented minority students who complete science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) baccalaureate degree programs and matriculate into programs of graduate study.
LSAMP is a national program with chapters at various colleges and universities that has been in existence for over 20 years. LSAMP participants are more likely to complete their bachelor degrees and go on to graduate school than non-participants.
The Peach State LSAMP (PS-LSAMP) Alliance is a collaboration of seven higher education institutions in the state of Georgia including:
PS-LSAMP members participate in a wide variety of professional development workshops, undergraduate research exposure, and have the opportunity to interact with their peers at the Annual Fall Symposium and Research Conference.
The LSAMP Program at GA Tech is open to ALL students, who are enrolled full-time in the College of Science, College of Computing and the College of Engineering.
In addition to the overall goals of the National LSAMP program, we at GA Tech are committed to exposing our students to careers in research and ensuring their retention through completion of the baccalaureate degree.
The goal of the LSAMP program at GA Tech is two-fold. The primary goal is to focus on the retention of underserved students, including transfer students and those with GPA’s between 3.5 and 2.7. The secondary goal is to expose this group to research careers in STEM. These goals will be met by providing peer mentoring, workshops, research opportunities, and networking with program faculty, staff and students.
Tia Jackson-Truitt, MSW, LCSW
Email: tia.jackson@coe.gatech.edu
Phone: 404.385.1823
Engineering Education Outreach Program Manager
Georgia Institute of Technology
College of Engineering
PS-LSAMP is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation
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