Awards

In 2022, The PREP Program was recognized by the (National Society of Black Engineers)  as the Pre-College Program of the Year!

Marnie Boyd, Assistant Director for the Engineering Studies Program,  is honoree for the 2022 National Society of Black Engineers Golden Torch Award for the Pre-College Initiative Director of the Year Category. She was honored at the NSBE National Conference in Anaheim CA.

The PREP program sponsored two teams during the 2020-21 Ten80 Education Competition season. Ten80 is a student race competition where students use 1:10 scale RC cars to learn STEM. The teams competed during the NSBE National Convention. During the match, both teams won special awards:

• MicroBeast won the 1st place awards
• BEAST XLR8 won the 2nd place award during the NSBE Ten80 Education competition. The students competed against 25 teams.

During the Ten80 Grand National Competition, the teams also competed:

• mircoBeast won 1st place in the points race competition
• BEAST XLR8 won 2nd place in the points race competition