November 1, 1994 eleven Oklahoma institutions formed an alliance with support from the National Science Foundation’s Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP which subsequently was mandated by the Congress as the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) in honor of Former Congressman Louis Stokes. The 11 participating institutions are: The University of Oklahoma, University of Tulsa, University of Central Oklahoma, Southwestern OSU, Southeastern OSU, Northwestern OSU, Northeastern State University, Langston University, East Central University, Cameron University and Oklahoma State University as the Lead Institution. In the past 14 years Oklahoma Alliance Institutions have awarded 7,180 Bachelor of Science degrees in STEM areas to minority and underrepresented students. Nationwide, approximately 30% of all STEM degrees earned by Native Americans are completed in Oklahoma Institutions. Oklahoma continues to graduate more Native American students than any other state.

Ms. Cammi Valdez, Math and Chemistry Major, is said to be the “Shinning Star” at Southwestern OSU. She has given presentations in Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, Massachusetts, Missouri, and Kansas.  She has been awarded multiple chemistry and mathematics scholarships and has a tier 1 publication. Cammi is the first Oklahoma LSAMP Scholar and SWOSU graduate to be accepted into a Ph.D. program at the Harvard School of Medicine, majoring in Chemical Biology.

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA Bridge to the Doctorate students along with LSAMP Scholars, and Dr. Simin Pulat, OKAMP Campus Coordinator, have tagged themselves as “Big” and “Little” Bridge students during the AT&T “HEADS UP” Summer Bridge program. The “Bridge” students serve as mentors to 30 incoming freshman in a 3-week summer camp designed to enhance calculus readiness of the incoming engineering students and to give them the necessary skills to succeed in their first year in college.

ROBOTICS Team “University of Tulsa”

The University of Tulsa Junior Robotics Institute involves OK-LSAMP Scholars in the promotion of science and engineering by mentoring high school students for two weeks during the summer in various aspects of robot building and programming