Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring
The Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) is a Presidential award established by the United States White House in 1995. The program is administered by the National Science Foundation (NSF) on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to reward outstanding mentoring by individuals and organizations.[1] PAESMEM is the highest national mentoring award bestowed by the White House.[2]
A Few Selected Recipients
[edit]- 1996 – Richard A. Tapia, Diola Bagayoko
- 1997 – Geraldine L. Richmond
- 1998 – Nina Roscher[3]
- 2000 – Maria Elena Zavala[4]
- 2003 –
- Individual – Linda B. Hayden, Margaret Werner-Washburne[5]
- Organisation – Karl W. Reid (National Society of Black Engineers)[6]
- 2004 -
- 2005 – Lenore Blum, Rosemary Gillespie,[5] Cheryl B. Schrader[8]
- 2007
- Individual – Jerzy Leszczynski, Kennedy Reed, Kenneth Sajwan, Laura Bottomley, Lesia Crumpton-Young, Mary Anne Nelson, Patricia DeLeon, Steven Oppenheimer[9]
- Organisation – Medeva Ghee (The Leadership Alliance & The Partnership for Minority Science Education)[9]
- 2008 – Richard Zare,[5] Susan M. Kauzlarich[10]
- 2009 – Maja Matarić[5]
- 2011 – Juan E. Gilbert, Jo Handelsman, Mary Lou Soffa[5]
- 2014 – Erika Tatiana Camacho,[11] Keivan Stassun[12]
- 2015
- Organisation – EDGE Foundation[13]
- 2018 – Ulrica Wilson[14]
- 2020 - Overtoun Jenda[15]
STEM mentoring
[edit]Mentoring in the STEM fields has been shown to assist with student retention, a significant problem in the STEM pipeline.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ National Science Foundation Program page
- ^ Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring Official site
- ^ "Presidential Awards Honor Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring | NSF – National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "PAESMEM » Awardee Profile". paesmem.net. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Awards | paesmem". paesmem.net. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "PAESMEM » Awards". paesmem.net. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "PAESMEM » Awardee Profile". paesmem.nsf.gov. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "President Honors Excellence in Mentoring" (Press release). National Science Foundation. 16 November 2005. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ a b "2007 Recipients". Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Susan Kauzlarich, University of California, Davis | paesmem". paesmem.net. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "PAESMEM Awardee Profile". paesmem.net. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "PAESMEM Awardee Profile". paesmem.net. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ 2015 Award: Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics & Engineering Mentoring
- ^ Morehouse Professors Win White House/National Science Foundation Awards, Morehouse College, 2 July 2018, retrieved 7 October 2018
- ^ "Overtoun Jenda". Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ Wilson, Zakiya (2012), Hierarchical Mentoring: A Transformative Strategy for Improving Diversity and Retention in Undergraduate STEM Disciplines, Journal of Science Education and Technology, vol. 21, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, pp. 148–156, doi:10.1007/s10956-011-9292-5