Pitt Engineering School Implements New Program to Recruit, Retain Underrepresented Students
PITTSBURGH
The University of Pittsburgh’s School of Engineering (SOE) is implementing a program that will help minority and disadvantaged students attain a stronger educational background and provide them with positive role models.
Building on Pitt’s 30-year history of diversity efforts, Dr. Sylvanus Nwosu, SOE’s assistant dean for diversity, created the new Pitt Engineering Career Access Program (PECAP). Beginning this summer, PECAP will work to increase the recruitment and retention of qualified underrepresented students — African American, Hispanic, American Indian, women, and academically or economically disadvantaged students — as well as promote multicultural relationships within the school.
