Student Development & Recruitment
Promoting Global-minded Professionals
“Alliance for Academic Excellence”
The “Alliance” serves as the nexus of like undergraduate research programs that encourage women and students from underrepresented, economically or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue advanced degrees in STEM fields. The Alliance promotes synergistic collaborations among partners that strengthen and expand outcomes.
Alliance Partners include:
- College of Engineering
- Office of Graduate Studies
- College of Biological Sciences
- College of Letters and Science
- Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology
- Office of the Provost
- Industry Partners
The purpose of the Alliance Steering Committee is to:
- Identify funding sources such as NSF to strengthen and expand the collaborations of existing programs.
- Develop strategies that promote diversity and cultural competency institutionally.
Steering committee is comprised of faculty and program administrators of like undergraduate research programs.
Administrative Operations: Renée J-Maldonado, College of Engineering, SD&R Director, Telephone: (530) 752-3390
Committee Members:
- Gary Ford, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Services, College of Engineering
- Jeff Gibeling, Dean Office of Graduate Studies
- Hector Cuevas, Director of Recruitment and Retention, Office of Graduate Studies
- Rod Cole, MURPPS, College of Letters and Science
- Richard Scalletar, MURPPS, College of Letters and Science
- Gina Holland, BUSP Director, College of Biological Sciences
- Gail Martinez, Office of the Provost
- James Shackelford, College of Engineering
- Marco Molinaro, Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology