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ECSUsummerprograms(Continued from Page 29) Seventeen high school studentsattended the summer BridgesProgram and found mentors amongthe ECSU faculty and staff.Officially called the Louis Stokes Mid-Eastern Alliance for MinorityParticipation in Sciences (MEAMPS)Bridges Program, the program targetsseniors in high school, specificallyhonor students interested in math,science and technology careers. Thefaculty and staff conducted classes inchemistry, biomedicine andmathematics. Students developedcritical thinking, logic,communication, computation, testtaking and concept mapping skills.Nine ECSU faculty and staff membersinstructed the youths.Dr. Ali Khan, coordinator of theBridges Program, says it is funded bythe National Science Foundation. Sixother universities collaborate toinstruct and assist the young scholarsin selecting college majors in math,science and technology. Interest in ECSU’s Upward Boundprogram is soaring. MaxineBaskerville, the program coordinator,reports that hundreds of youths areapplying to the program thatenhances their skills in math andscience, Spanish, composition andliterature. The program targets youthswho would be a first-time collegegraduate in their family. Studentslearn to improve their test takingskills, and improve oral and writtencommunication skills.The program serves youths from highschools in Camden, Currituck, Gates,Perquimans, Pasquotank, Chowan,Tyrrell and Washington counties. Thepurpose of the program is to stirinterest in attending college. UpwardBound conducts sessions during theschool year and welcomes students toa six-week residential program in thesummer.ECSU hostsTechnology WorkshopThe ECSU Center for Entrepreneurshipand Small Business Technology andDevelopment Center collaborated to host atechnology workshop, “Marketing YourBusiness on the Internet” last spring.Participants learned to use the Internet andwebsites to market their businesses. Theworkshop covered marketing, managingand maintaining a website. At the end ofthe seminar, participants had completed awebsite and received a free 30-day hostingpackage and other training materials.community outreach30 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2003