Students in Howard University’s Karsh STEM Scholars Program say they tend to feel the lack of diversity in their fields most when they go on their summer internships.
“A lot of times … we’re one of something,” says Adjoa Osei-Ntsansah, a junior from Laurel, Md., studying biology, chemistry and community health. One of the only women. Or one of the only black students. “Now we get to see that there’s a real need for us … so that just fuels us to want to do more and be more.”
Now, after a $10 million gift from the Karsh Family Foundation last month, the STEM scholars at Howard will be able to support more students. (The program was previously called the Bison STEM Scholars Program; It has since been renamed.) According to David Bennett, Howard University’s vice president of development, it is the largest gift given by a living individual in the institution’s history.
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