One example of the program's outreach efforts is its participation in the Engineering Vanguard Program developed by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering. With the assistance of alumnus Peter Teets, former president of Lockheed Martin, CU-Boulder is partnering with NACME to expand the Vanguard Program westward into Colorado, California, and Texas. Funded by a $450,000 grant from Lucent Technologies, the program identifies and recruits high school students who are bypassed by traditional college recruiting methods.

CU has been working with five Denver Public Schools to identify students interested in engineering or technology careers, and to conduct an alternative, performance-based mathematics assessment for admission into the college. About three-dozen students participated in the assessment, and 10 finalists were selected. The students will receive full tuition and housing scholarships to obtain an engineering degree at CU-Boulder starting in Fall 2000.

In collaboration with ITLL, SEED is continuing its 2-year-old Success Institute this summer, targeting Denver middle school students and their parents. SEED also will continue working with IBM to recruit Native American students into engineering. www.colorado.edu/engineering/MEP