Community Relations & Diversity

BOLD students study together in the college's Student Success Center.

We invite you to partner with us in a variety of programs aimed at building the K-12 pipeline and supporting students from diverse backgrounds in choosing the engineering profession. By participating in industry panels, hosting tours at your company, mentoring students in projects, or providing financial sponsorship, you can offer insight and support to students in their pursuit of engineering careers.  Opportunities to get involved include:

• The BOLD Center
  The Multicultural Engineering (MEP) and Women in Engineering (WIEP) programs were established long ago to increase the recruitment and retention of historically-underrepresented engineering students. Recognizing the need to further increase the representation of women and minority students beyond these programs' efforts, however, the college created a new engineering leadership position — the Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence — and formed the BOLD Center (Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity) to serve the college’s diversity initiatives at a higher level. MEP and WIEP were subsumed under the responsibility of the BOLD Center, which is expanding responsibilities to take a more inclusive approach to the college becoming a leader in attracting, preparing, and expanding opportunities for students historically underrepresented in engineering.
         Contact: Beverly Louie
         Director, Teaching & Learning Initiatives
         303-492-4967 or Beverly.louie@colorado.edu

• High School Honors Institute
  This four-day summer program gives high school juniors and seniors an opportunity to experience life as an engineering student and learn about career opportunities as a professional engineer. Students stay in a campus residence hall, explore the different engineering majors through hands-on activities, and hear from professional engineers about what they do on the job.
          Contact: Sherry Snyder
          Director of Student Programs
          303-492-7674 or Sheryl.snyder@colorado.edu

• Integrated Teaching & Learning Laboratory
  The ITL Laboratory runs an extensive program of K-12 engineering outreach, including hands-on workshops for K-12 students and teachers. ITL co-sponsors the Success Institute with the BOLD Center. Initiatives also include the development of the national TeachEngineering digital library and the TEAMS (Tomorrow’s Engineering... creAte. iMagine. Succeed.) initiative in local public schools.
          Contact: Jackie Sullivan
          Co-Director, ITLL
          303-492-8303 or Jacquelyn.sullivan@colorado.edu

• Colorado Space Grant Consortium
  Established by NASA in 1989 as part of a national effort to maintain America's preeminence in aerospace science and technology, the Colorado Space Grant Consortium extends space education to K-12 schools through its 13 member colleges and universities throughout Colorado. Headquartered at CU-Boulder, the consortium offers teacher workshops, and provides group tours and hands-on activities in the Discovery Learning Center at CU-Boulder.
          Contact: Bernadette Garcia
          Associate Director, COSGC
          303-492-3141 or Bernadette.garcia@colorado.edu