Grants & Initiatives - Student Recruitment, Retention and Success

Enrollment management at UML includes a number of programs to assist with student recruitment, increase enrollment, and support retention activities, which in turn will result in a more successful academic experience for students (and increase graduation rates). As a research university, we are focusing resources to increase the recruitment and retention of students in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields. In addition, many of our programs focus on increasing the number of students from underrepresented minority groups entering and completing degrees in the STEM fields. The following table lists these types of grants, programs and initiatives underway at UMass Lowell:

Name	Focus	UML Dept./ Division	UML Contact	Partners
Urban Massachusetts Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ULSAMP)	STEM fields.  Students from underrepresented minority groups.  Freshmen students from Lowell and Lawrence High Schools, transfer students from MCC.	Centers for Learning	Shiela_Riley Callahan	Middlesex Community College (primary partner), UMass Boston (lead campus), UMass Dartmouth, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Bristol Community College, Roxbury Community College, and Bunker Hill Community College
UML - LHS Partnership For College Success	Students from Lowell High School.  All academic fields.	Center for Family, Work & Community	Elaine Donnelly	Lowell High School, Nellie Mae Foundation, Woodrow Wilson Foundation
GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs)	Middle and High School student from the Lowell Public Schools system.  All academic fields.	Center for Family, Work & Community	Bowa Tucker	Middlesex Community College, Lowell Public Schools, students, parents, businesses, non-profit organizations, and religious institutions
Technology, Engineering and Math-Science (TEAMS) Academy	Advanced 11th and 12th grade high school students.  Academic focus – math, science and technology.	Graduate School of Education	Don Rhine	School districts from the Merrimack Valley region
Young Scholars Program	Middle school students.  Improve Math, Science, Education Technology, and English Communication.	Graduate School of Education	Hector Torres	Lawrence Middle Schools
College Prep	9-12 grades. Saturday enrichment classes in the areas of Math, Physical Science, Computer Literacy, and English Language Arts.	Graduate School of Education	Hector Torres	Lawrence High School
DESIGNCAMP	Grades 5 – 11.  No residency requirements.  Academic focus - science and engineering.	College of Engineering	C.J. Miller	Raytheon, Noyce Foundation, Mark Gelfand & Barbara Goldman, Tyco Electronics, 3M Touch Systems, EMC Corporation, UMass Lowell’s WISE Program
Artbotics	Project-based learning to introduce students to computing.  Learning about computer science and robotics by creating interactive, public exhibits.  High school students.	Computer Science and Art Departments	Holly Yanco, Fred Martin, Hyun Ju Kim	Lowell High School, and the Revolving Museum in Lowell
Service Learning Integrated throughout the College of Engineering (SLICE)	Integrate service-learning into the engineering curriculum at UML so that every student is exposed to service-learning in every semester of their experience in every department at UML.  Through Service Learning, engineering students enhance their professional skills, and become better citizens, while local and international community benefit from their service.	College of Engineering	Linda Barrington	Local community organizations, international community organizations (Province of Ancash, Peru), Lowell National Historic Park