Colorado-Wyoming Alliance for Minority Participation (COWYAMP)
The Rocky Mountain Alliance for Minority Participation (RM-AMP), formerly the Colorado-Wyoming Alliance for Minority Participation, with its 12 institutions of higher education, is a proud member of the National Science Foundation’s framework of colleges and universities that comprise the LSAMP network. NSF funding for the Rocky Mountain Alliance, which began in 1996, is a consortium of institutions committed to increasing the quality of education for underrepresented minorities (URM) in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields and has built an infrastructure for collaborative programs and activities across partner institutions.
The LSAMP program is named for Ohio Rep. Louis Stokes, a civil rights champion and powerful voice for political, economic, and social equity in the United States. The overall goal of the program is to assist universities and colleges increase the number of underrepresented minority students prepared to succeed in graduate education and contribute to a global and technologically driven workforce.
How do we use RM-AMP grant funds at CU Boulder?
Student Support:
Ongoing RM-AMP activities at CU Boulder include tutors for first-year math and science courses, calculus work groups, faculty mentoring, and student travel to professional STEM conferences. The BOLD Center (Broadening Opportunity for Leadership and Diversity) plays a critical role in the RM-AMP program with tutoring for URM engineering and science students enrolled in key “gate-keeping” courses including: Calculus I and II, Chemistry I, Physics I, and Mass and Energy Balances. BOLD also partners with the Applied Math Department to offer calculus workgroups for students, which are small study sessions conducted weekly for students enrolled in Calculus I and II with pass/fail grading based on mandatory attendance.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions about RM-AMP at CU Boulder, please reach out to Chantal Baca, BOLD Academic Services Program Manager.