Funding Minority Students

As a female, African American Engineer, I have already anticipated for the odds to be against my success in the workforce. This is a reality that I have accepted and have worked hard during my undergraduate and graduate career to prepare myself to handle that. In addition to that, we also struggle through our academic careers searching for funding for tuition, fees and school supplies. It is extremely hard to focus on your coursework when your schedule has been dropped in the middle of the semester because money that was promised to you has yet to be posted to your account and you have no clue when the issue will be resolved. I have personally experienced this issue several times at Morgan State University, while my counterparts at predominantly white institutes can't fathom the concept of no funding for education. This is one of the many issues that need to be revisited by HBCU executives and their regional government representatives.


Resources:


http://diverseeducation.com/article/13187c1/the-unfinished-business-of-hbcus.html


http://www.blackenterprise.com/2010/03/01/obama-signs-order-boosting-hbcu-funding/


http://www.thehilltoponline.com/opinions/staff-editorial-maryland-hbcus-versus-pwis-separate-and-unequal-1.2684860#.T5yTKqt8CtY

Is College Over-rated?????

This is a hot topic in the student community! According to CBS, Americans have over 830 billion dollars in student loan debt. I personally relied on student loans to support me through my undergraduate career and am currently pursuing a higher degree with hopes that I would be able to acquire a job that would compensate for those loans as well as support a decent quality of life. I have a wide range of friends and associates. Some that went straight into the workforce from high school, some attempted college but didn't finish, some obtained an undergraduate degree and some that obtained a higher degree. I have classmates that are very successful although they only have a high school diploma as well as classmates that have their master's but are living check to check. So this topic always makes for a good debate because there are advantages and shortcomings at both ends of the spectrum.

See the video below for more insight.

 

Tell me what you think. . . .

Hello Everyone!!!

This semester I registered in my first course in the School of Business at Morgan State University. I was hesitant the the idea at first since the School of Business is actually located on Main Campus while the School of Engineering it at the north tip of campus so I felt like I was venturing out into an unfamiliar territory . The only time that I had ever interacted with business students was when I participated in a Business Case Competition hosted by Boeing. Now that I am half way through the course, I have realized how much I have in common with business students. I am even registered in an engineering project management course and most of the material is similar to that of a project management course offered in the School of Business Management.

I would like to hear about some engineering/business experiences or collaborations and what lessons were learned from them.

Your feedback will be greatly appreciated!!!

Greetings Bloggers!!!

As an engineering student, it is important to be able to identify the parallels between my field of study and others that I am likely to be in close contact with once I venture out into the "real world". Though from slightly different perspectives, engineers and business executives work together in solving some of the nation's most complex issues. The success of these multi-disciplinary collaborations are the key to us becoming innovative leaders. . .

Please watch the video below of an Economic's professor's approach to integrating engineering and business technologies to address finance issues in Honduras. . .

Your commentary will be greatly appreciated!