Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources
Bim Kendall House
804 E Fremont St
Laramie, WY 82072
Phone: (307) 766-5080
Fax: (307) 766-5099
Email: haub.school@uwyo.edu
The Louis Stokes Colorado-Wyoming Alliance for Minority Participation (CO-WY AMP) is an NSF funded consortium of sixteen institutions of higher learning and two Native American tribes in Colorado (Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute) and two tribes in Wyoming (Northern Arapahoe and Eastern Shoshone). Our mission is to increase the number of historically and currently underrepresented minority (African American, Hispanic, Native American, Pacific Islander and Alaskan Native) students earning bachelor’s degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
At the University of Wyoming, our primary mission is facilitating life changing mentorship opportunities for the next generation of STEM leaders. We do this by partnering promising students from a diversity of backgrounds with quality mentors conducting meaningful research in their chosen field. We support students directly through research stipends, conference travel assistance, near-peer mentoring, and career development workshops. Interested students should contact Doug Wachob (wachob@uwyo.edu) for more information and to submit their application. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the academic year with new positions opening as opportunities become available.
For students For mentors
Want to take your interest in your STEM degree to the next level and apply the concepts you learn in class to real research projects? We will help pair you with a faculty mentor conducting research in your field who needs your help. We only pair students with researches that have a history of quality mentorship and value your personal growth and learning.
If you are already working with a researcher, we can still help. Money does not grow on trees in Wyoming—please put us in contact with your mentor and we can talk about options for supporting you into the future.
Are you interested in attending an academic or professional conference, Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program, or taking an STEM related field course abroad? We have funds for you to attend these events. Learning takes on a different form outside the classroom. Field courses allow for hands-on learning and conferences are a great place to build community, present research, and network with employers and people who share your interests.
To qualify you must:
Housed within the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, the UW chapter of CO-WY AMP seeks to complement other efforts on campus and create hands-on, meaningful, and personalized learning experiences for undergraduate underrepresented minority (Native American, Hispanic, African American, Pacific Islander, and Alaska Native) students. We provide direct student support in the way of research stipends, covering conference and research travel expenses, and through near-peer and faculty mentoring programs. At this point, we cannot fund the purchase of laboratory equipment or materials.
Numerous longitudinal studies1,2 have highlighted the long-term benefits awarded to students who engage in active research as undergraduates. The primary goal of CO-WY AMP is to facilitate research experience by pairing underrepresented minority students in STEM fields with quality mentors and to support them as they conduct research in their respective fields. These experiences can vary widely across academic disciplines and amongst individual relationships.
Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources
Bim Kendall House
804 E Fremont St
Laramie, WY 82072
Phone: (307) 766-5080
Fax: (307) 766-5099
Email: haub.school@uwyo.edu