Student Development & Recruitment
Promoting Global-minded Professionals

SD&R Receives Impressive Nearly Million-Dollar NSF "Bridge to the Doctorate" Grant

The Student Development and Recruitment (SD&R) unit in the College of Engineering, Dean's Office has received a highly competitive National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to support twelve "Bridge to the Doctorate" (BD) graduate students majoring in the sciences, mathematics, and engineering fields. The twelve students will begin the BD program at UC Davis this Fall 2006. The 2006-08 BD program is constitutes a supplement to NSF's nationwide Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) programs. Through the BD program, NSF seeks to continue its goal of increasing the number of underrepresented students interested in pursuing doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The BD program will provide a $30,000 stipend and an additional $10,500 for fees, and $2,500 for professional development per year for the first two years of graduate study in science, mathematics or engineering at UC Davis.

The BD team includes:

• Karen McDonald - BD Co-Director, Associate Dean, Engineering Dean's Office
• Jeffery Gibeling - BD Co-Director, Dean, Office of Graduate Studies
• Renée Maldonado - BD Associate Director & Co-PI, SD&R Director, Engineering Dean's Office
• Hector Cuevas, Outreach, Recruitment & Retention Director, Office of Graduate Studies
• Gary Ford - BD PI, Associate Dean, Office of Undergraduate Services, Engineering Dean's Office

Congratulations to all UC Davis BD students and BD team.