MUPI Conference Reception Features Keynote on AFRL Opportunities (Diversity)

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  • By Maria Callier
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ARLINGTON, Virginia --  Mr. Ed Lee, who manages Air Force Research Laboratory's Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions program, was recently the featured speaker at the opening reception for the 2010 Member University Professional Institute Conference: "HBCUs and Beyond, Cultivating Leaders for the Global Marketplace." Tennessee State University hosted the MUPI event, which took place at Nashville's Gaylord Opryland Hotel & Convention Center. Mr. Lee addressed an audience comprising TSU students and faculty and Thurgood Marshall College Fund staff members in his talk, entitled "Establishing Student-College Relationships at AFRL Facilities."

Mr. Lee has supported this important event for the past 2 years, primarily through his delivery of presentations highlighting AFRL research opportunities for faculty, as well as employment and scholarship information for students. His goal is to foster AFRL's relationship with TMCF and the 47 public HBCUs/MIs that the organization represents. Illustrating this mutually beneficial rapport is an exchange wherein AFRL's issuance of a grant to TMCF subsequently enabled the lab to secure 15 summer intern slots. While on hand for MUPI Conference activities, Mr. Lee also visited the TSU campus and observed firsthand the university's new Biotechnology Center, a resource made possible by Defense Research and Engineering funding, support again provided through AFRL.