The Howard University/University of Texas at El Paso (HUTEP) Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate will sponsor a Graduate Visitation Program from November 15-17 2007 on the campus of Howard University in Washington, DC. The HUTEP initiative is funded by the National Science Foundation.

The Howard/UTEP Alliance is designed to increase the number of underrepresented minorities who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents completing the Ph.D. in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and the SBES (Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences) disciplines. It also seeks to increase the number of individuals in these areas who wish to pursue careers in the professoriate. Applicants must be recommended by a faculty member,  juniors or seniors and have a minimum cumulative 3.2 GPA.

During the visitation, students will tour the Howard campus, visit laboratories, interact with faculty and graduate students and experience a sampling of life at Howard and in Washington DC. All expenses for travel, lodging, food and social events will be paid by the HUTEP/AGEP Alliance. The application deadline is October 30, 2007.

To apply, students must complete and e-mail the attached Howard University Graduate School Visitation Program pre-application and application forms
(downloadable from http://www.gs.howard.edu/agep),
along with an unofficial transcript, to tenillejones_howard@yahoo.com. Applicants must display a committed interest in graduate studies and will be accepted for the visitation based upon Howard University departmental assessments.

Please note that acceptance to this program does not guarantee acceptance to the Howard University Graduate School. Please direct all inquiries to Dr. Anita Nahal at anahal@howard.edu or 202-806-7887.