Pipeline to Statistics

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Pipeline to Statistics

• North Carolina State University
• September 30, 2006
• www.stat.ncsu.edu/pipeline

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Pipeline to Statistics Participants
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Purpose

• To discuss issues that affect the pipeline of
  students from undergraduate institutions to
  graduate statistics programs.

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Minority-Serving Institutions

• Alabama AM
• Claflin (SC)
• Eastern New Mexico
• Florida AM
• Howard (DC)
• Langston (OK)
• Lincoln (MO)
• Morgan State (MD)
• Norfolk State (VA)

• NC AT
• Shaw (NC)
• Southern (LA)
• Spelman (GA)
• Texas AM-Kingsville
• Univ. of Texas-Pan American
• Virginia State
• Winston-Salem (NC)

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Womens Colleges

• Columbia College (SC)
• Meredith College (NC)
• Midway College (KY)
• Salem College (NC)
• Spelman College (GA)
• Sweet Briar College (VA)
• Wellesley College (MA)

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Funding Sources

• ASA Strategic Initiatives Grant
• GlaxoSmithKline
• NC State Office for Diversity and
  African-American Affairs
• NC State Department of Statistics

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Interactive Sessions

• Career Opportunities
• Mentoring and Partnership
• Graduate School Preparation
• Statistics Resources for Faculty

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Career Opportunities

• in the pharmaceutical industry
• Nicole Blackman, GlaxoSmithKline
• Stacy Lindborg, Eli Lilly
• in statistical computing
• Bob Rodriguez, SAS
• in government
• Clyde Tucker, Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Mentoring and Partnership

• Scarlett Bellamy (UPenn) ENARs Fostering
  Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop
• Dennis Boos (NC State) Summer Institutes for
  Training in Biostatistics (SIBS)
• Elizabeth Ceranowski (SAS) Mentoring Program
• Ralph Smith (SAMSI) Undergraduate workshops and
  visiting research positions

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Graduate School Preparation

• Pam Arroway (NC State), Alicia Carriquiry (Iowa
  State) Melanie Wall (Minnesota) discussed
• Funding Options
• Prerequisites
• Application Timeline
• Training Experiences

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Resources for Faculty

• Hands-on presentation led by Roger Woodard
• Teaching resources on causeweb.org
• Data sets
• Teaching methods
• Software
• Lecture Examples

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Dissemination

• Infinite Possibilities Conference for women of
  color in the statistical and mathematical
  sciences
• Pipeline Issues column in AmStat News
• Material on website www.stat.ncsu.edu/pipeline