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Category: Educational Opportunities/Activities : General

• African Education Research Network (Gopher) Group that sponsors annual African educational research symposia. Cooperative network involving universities in Canada, the U.S., Great Britain, Nigeria, Kenya, Lesotho, Botswana and Swaziland.
• The AHANA Graduate Forum For one Saturday each fall, upstate New York is the focus of national efforts to encourage increasing participation in graduate study by African, Hispanic, Asian, and Native Americans (AHANA). The annual Upstate New York AHANA Graduate Forum attracts nearly 1000 undergraduates from across New York state and recuiters from over 75 of the top institutions across the country.
• American Society for Engineering Education Nonprofit member association, founded in 1893, dedicated to promoting and improving engineering and technology education.
• Black Colleges: Closing the Gaps Reprint of article published October 16 and 18, 1994, in The Charlotte (?) News & Observer.
• Center for Global Education at Augsburg College Founded in 1982 to help North Americans think more critically about global issues so they might work toward a more just and sustainable world. Sponsors short-term travel seminars around the world to allow particpants to learn about other cultures.
• Kevin's Minority Geographer Resource Page Advice to Black students on pursuing georgraphy as a field of study.
• Minority University - Space Interdisciplinary Network Comprehensive educational initiative of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Other Minority Universities (OMUs). The focus of the program is on the transfer of advanced computer networking technologies to HBCUs and OMUs and their use for supporting multi-disciplinary research.
• National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM) GEM's mission is to enhance the value of the nation's human capital in engineering and science by increasing the participation of under-represented minorities (Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and other Hispanic Americans) at the masters and doctoral levels.
• Silly Billy's World Fun educational activities and information for children, parents and teachers.
• Watoto World Site created to bring the creativity of African heritage children to the Internet; provide information and instruction for African American parents to meet the challenges of parenting now and in the 21st century; encourage educators and school systems to provide and utilize Internet access and computer technology in the classroom; and to highlight African-centered education and independent Black schools.