Funded by the U.S Army Research Office and Coordinated by JETS

Savannah State University, is conducting the Junior Engineering and Technology program sponsored by the U.S Army Research Office.  This high quality program will nurture the top 25 academically talented high school students' interests in engineering and science through hands-on activities/field trips in engineering and technology disciplines.  The university is supplementing an existing summer outreach program (Upward Bound ) in collaboration with the U.S Army Research Office to attract students who will be able to cope with the requirements of its baccalaureate degree programs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

SUMMER 2007

SAVANNAH SATE UNIVERSITY

Narrative

Junior Engineering and Technology Summer Program

Savannah State University (SSU) a senior unit of the University System of Georgia is the oldest state supported historically black college (HBCU) in the state of Georgia.  SSU, located in Savannah Georgia, serves both urban and rural communities.  It has been the main aperture through which many minorities in the state of Georgia have entered the lucrative careers in science and technology.

The Savannah State University Upward Bound/JETS-UNITE  program is designed to generate in its participants the skills and motivation necessary for success in education beyond secondary school.        

A six (6) week summer residential program will include: (1) instruction/tutorial sessions (Engineering, Math, English/reading, Science (laboratory) foreign language, PSAT/SAT, (2) personal counseling, (3) academic advising, (4) career counseling, (5) parental involvement, (6) Engineering and cultural fieldtrips and activities, (7) workshops, (8) mentoring, (9) financial aid and postsecondary admission assistance.  Technology will be infused instructionally and administratively throughout the implementation of the program. The program assessment will be conducted with ASSESS through the JETS program. 

  Project Activity Plan