Applications will open for Unite 2021 in February 2021. At that time, contact the site director at the university of your choice listed below to apply to the four-to-six week, pre-collegiate, academic summer program for talented high school students from
groups historically underserved in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).
Funded by the Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) and
administered by the Technology Student Association (TSA), Unite is designed to encourage and help prepare students to pursue college-level studies, and ultimately,
STEM Careers in fields such as engineering. See the 2018 and 2019Unite albums. Scroll to the bottom of this webpage to view other press releases;
Unite in the Spotlight; AEOP Blogs on Unite; and AEOP Unite Alumni Profiles.
2021 Unite sites
ALABAMA
Alabama State University – Montgomery, AL (virtual program)
Site Director: Dr. Carl Pettis (cpettis@alasu.edu)
Program dates: TBD
ARKANSAS
University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, AR (virtual program)
Site Director: Dr. Justin Zhan (jzhan@uark.edu)
Program dates: TBD
COLORADO
University of Colorado – Colorado Springs, CO (virtual program)
Site Director: Ms. Vicki Taylor (vtaylor5@uccs.edu)
Program dates: TBD
Applications will be accepted only from rising 10th–12th grade students from school districts in El Paso and Pueblo counties who will be enrolled in the UCCS Pre-Collegiate Program.
FLORIDA
Florida State University – Tallahassee, FL (virtual program)
Site Director: Dr. Faye Jones (faye.jones@cci.fsu.edu)
Program dates: TBD
Miami Dade College – Homestead , FL (virtual program)
Site Director: Mr. Jasmine Johnson (jjohnso9@mdc.edu)
Program dates: TBD
Applications will be accepted only from rising 10th–12th grade students who are enrolled in Miami Dade College Homestead Upward Bound.
GEORGIA
Savannah State University – Savannah, GA (virtual program)
Site Director: Dr. Asad Yousuf (yousufa@savannahstate.edu)
Program dates: TBD
KANSAS
University of Kansas– Lawrence, KS (virtual program)
Site Director: Ms. Marilynn Chavez (marilynnchavez@ku.edu)
Program Dates: TBD
MARYLAND
Morgan State University – Baltimore, MD (virtual program)
Site Director: Dr. Candice Marshall (candice.marshall@morgan.edu)
Program dates: TBD
MONTANA
Montana Tech – Butte, MT (virtual program)
Site Director: Theresa Rader (trader@mtech.edu)
Program dates: TBD
NEW JERSEY
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) – Newark, NJ (virtual program)
Site Director: Ms. Suzanne Berliner-Heyman (berlines@njit.edu)
Program dates: TBD
Applications will only be accepted from rising 10th grade female high school students living within commuting distance of the NJIT campus in Newark, NJ.
NEW MEXICO
University of New Mexico – Albuquerque, NM (virtual program)
Site Director: Ms. Elsa Castillo (elsac@unm.edu)
Program dates: TBD
NORTH CAROLINA
Fayetteville State University – Fayetteville, NC (virtual program)
Site Director: Ms. Kendra Simon (kasimon01@uncfsu.edu)
Program dates: TBD
North
Carolina Agriculture & Technical State University – Greensboro, NC (virtual program)
Site Director: Dr. Robert Cobb, Jr. (rcobbjr@ncat.edu)
Program dates: TBD
Applications will be accepted only from rising 9th–12th grade students who are enrolled in the TRIO Talent Search program at NC A&T State University.
OHIO
Ohio State University – Wooster, OH (virtual program)
Site Director: Mr. Jacob Gillam (gillam.25@osu.edu)
Program dates: TBD
Applications will be accepted only from rising 9th-10th grade students from Wooster High School, Orrville High School, and Canton-McKinley High School, who also are enrolled in
OSU ATI Upward Bound.
PENNSYLVANIA
University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA (virtual program)
Site
Director: Mr. Dan Uueda (danueda@seas.upenn.edu)
Program dates: TBD
PUERTO RICO
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus – San Juan, PR (day program)
Site Director: Dr. Peter Feng (peter.feng@upr.edu)
Program dates: TBD
Applications will be accepted from rising 9th through rising 12th grade students who attend Puerto Rico schools.
TEXAS
Texas Southern University – Houston, TX (virtual program)
Site Director: Ms. Marcia Robin-Stoute (robinms@tsu.edu)
Program dates: TBD
VIRGINIA
Virginia State University– Petersburg, VA (day program)
Site Director: Dr. Ross Johnson (rdjohnson@vsu.edu)
Program dates: TBD
Applications will be accepted from rising 9th to rising 12th grade students from the Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Hopewell, and Chesterfield, VA school districts.
Virginia Tech – Blacksburg, VA (virtual program)
Site Director: Ms. Fran Clark (fclark@vt.edu)
Program dates: TBD
WEST VIRGINIA
Marshall University – Huntington, WV (virtual program)
Site Director: Dr. Shelvy Campbell-Monroe (campbels@marshall.edu)
Program dates: TBD
Applications will be accepted only from West Virginia,
Kentucky, and Ohio high school students.
West Virginia State University – Institute, WV (virtual program)
Site Director: Dr. Micheal Fultz (mfultz@wvstateu.edu)
Program dates: TBD
Press Releases:
Unite in the Spotlight:
AEOP Blogs on Unite:
AEOP Unite Alumni Profiles: