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Page 5 Volume 14, Issue 1 THE TIMBUKTU ACADEMY The Timbuktu Academy was first established in 1990-91 with funding from the Louisiana Board of Regents (BOR) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the purpose of recruiting and mentoring 20 undergraduate physics majors per year. In 1993, based on preliminary results, major funding was obtained from the Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR). This funding led to a vast expansion of the pre-college enrichment programs and to the mentoring of other science and engineering undergraduate students. The Academy has been funded by the ExxonMobil Foundation, the Siemens Foundation, and the Center for Coastal Zone Assessment and Remote Sensing (CCZARS). We acknowledge past funding, from 1990 to 2008, from the Hewlett Packard Foundation, the Baton Area Foundation, the Southern University System, Dr. Ralph Slaughter, President, and NASA. Through the guidance of the Timbuktu Academy, one hundred seventy (170) minority undergraduate scholars have earned a Bachelor of Science degree. Seventy (70) of 83 physics graduates, twenty (20) of 29 chemistry graduates, and twenty-two (22) of 49 engineering graduates have earned graduate degrees or are successfully enrolled in graduate school, with emphasis on the pursuit of the Ph.D. Two (2) of the graduates, Mr. Anthony Pullen (SUBR Spring 2004 Student Grand Marshal) and Ms. Cacey Stevens (SUBR Spring 2008 Student Grand Marshal), received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. This lucrative support provides a $30,000 stipend per 12-month period for a maximum of three (3) years and over $10,000 per year for general support (tuition, travel to conferences, etc.). Mr. Pullen is pursuing a Ph.D. in Theoretical Astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology and Ms. Stevens is pursuing a Ph.D. in Fluid Dynamics at the University of Chicago. The Academy has produced nine (9) Student Grand Marshals at Southern University and A&M College, from 1992 to 2008. Six (6) of these students are pursuing Ph.D. degrees. From the summer of 1994 to 2009, the Academy has engaged 2,093 pre-college scholars in its summer programs. One of the precollege scholars, Mr. Polite Stewart, Jr., at age 14, began his undergraduate studies at Southern University and A&M College. Mr. Stewart is majoring in Physics and Chemistry. The Academy has avoided and closed academic achievement gaps between its pre-college and college scholars and their peers. One significant result that underscores this assertion consists of the average American College Test (ACT) score increase of 2.5 – 3 points for the high school participants in the Challenge 2000 and Summer Science Institute (SSI), residential summer enrichment programs. Since the summer of 1994, a total two-hundred seventy (270) scholars for Challenge 2000 and two-hundred eighty-nine (289) for SSI have participated in these programs. According to the ACT data, the six-week result (i.e., 2.5 - 3 point jump) is more than six times the increase a typical high school produces in the same six-week period. Since 2001, the Academy has produced a total of fifty-one (51) National Merit and National Achievement Finalists. Each summer, federal, industrial, and university laboratories, such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), other Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories, NASA field centers, Iowa State University (ISU) and Michigan Technological University (MTU), support the summer research of Academy scholars. Since the summer of 1994, the Academy has placed a total of five-hundred and eight (508) scholars at three-hundred forty-four (344) summer research sites. The Timbuktu Academy has established, through research and publication, a paradigm for the creation of educational, research, and professional value-added. This paradigm, known as the Paradigm of the Timbuktu Academy, rests on a current, dynamic (evolving) sum of knowledge in education and related disciplines, including cognitive and behavioral sciences. To meet its dissemination goals and objectives, the Academy delivered over three-hundred eighty (380) presentations to thousands of K-12 students, parents, K-12 teachers, college students, and college faculty members and published over one-hundred fifty (150) papers in physics and on Teaching, Mentoring and Learning (TML). The Timbuktu Academy received the 2002 U.S. Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. Its director received the individual U.S. Presidential Award for Excellence in 1996. The Academy and its director received the 2007 Benjamin Banneker Legacy Award from the Benjamin Banneker Institute. In 2009, its director, was one of four recipients of the Distinguished Faculty Award from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). Details of the Timbuktu Academy are available at www.phys.subr.edu/timbuktu.htm Dr. Diola Bagyoko Director The Timbuktu Academy Cacey Stevens Timbuktu Scholar Spring 2008 Grand Marshal The Timbuktu Academy Received the 2007 Benjamin Banneker Legacy Award
Page 6 Volume 14, Issue 1 Camp CEES Summer Camp 2009 The Center for Energy and Environmental Studies (CEES), in conjunction with the Office of Research and Strategic Initiatives (ORSI) at Southern University, hosted its 4 th year Math, Science and Reading Summer Enrichment Camp. This Camp is committed to fostering educational experiences in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields. As our nation turns its focus to the environment, this year CEES added a special program “CEES goes GREEN.” Campers had the opportunity to participate in several camp projects that allowed students to utilize green science “by recycling, reducing carbon footprints and exploring alternative forms of energy.” The closing program featured “Solar Energy Projects” with students displaying their own solar house. In addition, students demonstrated Chemistry and Robotics Projects. Camp CEES is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Center for Coastal Zone Assessment and Remote Sensing (CCZARS) grant. The 2009 Proud Corporate Sponsors of Camp CEES were individuals from BP America, Port Allen Plant along with BP America, Inc. For more information about Camp CEES, please visit the website at: www.campcees.com
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