LCSAA: Jackson State University Progress Report

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LCSAA Jackson State University Progress Report

• Tor A. Kwembe
• Professor and Chair of Mathematics

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CAMPUS TEAM

• Dr. Dorris Robinson-Gardner, Dean, Graduate
  Studies-Campus Co-Coordinator
• Dr. Tor A. Kwembe, Professor and Chair of
  Mathematics- Campus Coordinator
• Dr. Mark Hardy, Associate Dean/Professor of
  Biology- Fellow
• Dr. Quinton Williams, Associate Professor and
  Chair of Physics- Fellow

• Dr. James Ejiwale, Associate Professor/Interim
  Chair of Technology-Fellow
• Mr. Preston Robinson, Coordinator of AGEM-Fellow
• Projects Fellows

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GRADUATE ASSISTANTS

• Yolanda Ellis, Mathematics
• Lori Johnson, Chemistry
• Tawana Robinson, Mathematics
• William Clay, Mathematics
• Projects Supporting Graduate Students

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LEARNING COMMUNITIES PROJECTS

• Alliance for Graduate Education in Mississippi
  (AGEM)
• Funding Source NSF
• Activities Support graduate education and
  research in the sciences
• Number of participants Huge
• Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement
  (RISE)
• Funding Source NIH

• Activities Support undergraduate and graduate
  students training, and faculty development
• Number of participants
• UG 30 GR 10 Fac Many
• Interdisciplinary Training of Undergraduates in
  the Biological and Mathematical Sciences (UBM)
• Funding Source NSF
• Activities Next Page

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LC Projects Continues

• UBM
• Activities Support undergraduates Research in
  Math BIO BIOMATHEMATICS RESEARCH
• Summer Research
• AY long Research activities
• Number of Participants UG 8-4, math, 4-bio
  FAC 5

• The Alliance for the Production of African
  American Ph.D.s in the Mathematical Sciences
• Funding Source NSF
• Activities Provide scholarships to support
  talented AFAM Math. UG, Summer Research
• Number UG 12 FAC10

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LC Projects Continues

• College Algebra
• Funding Source JSU
• Activities GATEWAY testing, faculty group as a
  team, device instructional strategies, plan the
  curriculum, and teach the course. Students work
  in groups
• Number of students 850 per semester
• Faculty Ms. Loving, Mrs. Jefferson, Mr.
  Bramlett, Mr. Canon, Mr. Sanders, Dr. Kwembe, and
  Adjuncts.

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Spring 2006 Grade Distribution
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No Gateway vs. Gateway
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Math 111 Enrollment Characteristics 2005/2006
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MATH 111 ENROLLMENT CHARACTERISTICS 2004/2005