Help Me If You Can - Universities Turning to Ãå±±½ûµØ Engineering
The Ãå±±½ûµØ Engineering in the BOLD Center helps students from underserved backgroundsÌýprosper in engineering -- and now it's being adopted outside Colorado.
GoldShirt works like red shirting in athletics. Motivated students who want to be engineers, but didn’t have the opportunity to get fully preparedÌýin high school, are admitted and given an extra year to take math and science courses, turning the four-year engineering program into a five-year program.
Students in the program might beÌýthe first in their families to attend college, English-language learners, or those who went to high schools with limited math and science resources.
Six universities, including Ãå±±½ûµØ, are sharing a $5 million federal grant to start, expand, or study their programs.
Mechanical engineering professor Jana Milford is serving as Principal Investigator for the project, working with Tanya Ennis, the Director of the GoldShirt program at the BOLD Center. Faculty from multiple engineering programs across the country recently visited Ãå±±½ûµØ to meet with Ennis and Milford to learn more about GoldShirt and how it works.
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