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DELivErED
NSBE makes good on a promise to help students in St. Lucia
By Adrienne P. Samuels

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PhotograPhy by Errol DunlaP PhotograPhy

hen Krystal McDoom was a kid living in Vieux-Fort, St. Lucia, she used to dream about being a ballerina, and then a doctor and then a lawyer. But it wasn’t until her older brothers — also her biggest role models — started taking technical drawing and technology classes that she became interested in engineering. In St. Lucia’s equivalent of high school, McDoom got more involved in higher level math and physics and eventually went to a local community college — the Caribbean island nation’s only community college — where she got a few years of STEM classes under her belt. She then worked for a construction firm, still dreaming of attaining a four-year engineering degree and someday becoming her own boss. “Our families didn’t have the money to send us to school, because it’s so expensive,” says McDoom, who was part of the 93 percent of St. Lucian students who do not get a university education. “I’ve been trying for three years to go to college. I didn’t have the $90,000, plus the international fees…. I always knew that the lifestyle that I wanted for me and my family I could only achieve (through) financial independence. The only way I could get financial independence? The first step is going to college.”

McDoom’s comments represent the overwhelming sentiment of 28 St. Lucian students who arrived in Chicago this past Aug. 22 and woke the next morning with their dreams of attending a university fully realized. McDoom and the others are the first beneficiaries of an impromptu scholarship program put together in weeks by NSBE, Goldman Sachs & Co. and the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).

Building a PiPeline
The original plan was to provide several St. Lucians with scholarships at a U.S. university for the 2011–12 school year. This idea sprang up after NSBE’s 2010 Annual Convention in Toronto, when Executive Director Carl B. Mack was asked to visit St. Lucia to give a motivational speech. Mack at first was reluctant to make the trip (“I don’t consider myself to be a motivational speaker,” he says.) but later changed his mind. It helped that he had recently begun helping Clarkson University with its diversity efforts, in exchange for scholarships from the school to students who might diversify the STEM fields. Armed with information about the Clarkson partnership, Mack planned to give a few speeches in St. Lucia and talk to students about scholarships for the 2011 school year. He
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NSBE - Winter 2010/2011
Contents
To Increase the Number
Inspired by Excellence
The Programs Zone
Dr. Mike Moves On
International News
Membership News
Seeking Members to ‘Rock the Vote’
Planet Africa Honors NSBE’s Director in Toronto
Alysia Green of Chevron
Eyong Tabe of General Dynamics C4 Systems
Delivered
Regional Leadership Conference Recaps
NSBE Calendar
Engineering the Gateway to Success
Where Are They Now?
The AE Niche
Blacks, Engineers and the BP Oil Spill
The NSBE-AE Special Interest Groups
Ae Members on the Move
Top 10 Reasons to Join NSBE
Advertisers Index
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NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Cover2
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NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Contents
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NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - To Increase the Number
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NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Inspired by Excellence
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NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - The Programs Zone
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NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Dr. Mike Moves On
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NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - International News
NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - 19
NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Membership News
NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - 21
NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Seeking Members to ‘Rock the Vote’
NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Planet Africa Honors NSBE’s Director in Toronto
NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Alysia Green of Chevron
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NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Eyong Tabe of General Dynamics C4 Systems
NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - 27
NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Delivered
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NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Regional Leadership Conference Recaps
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NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - NSBE Calendar
NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Engineering the Gateway to Success
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NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Where Are They Now?
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NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - The AE Niche
NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Blacks, Engineers and the BP Oil Spill
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NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - The NSBE-AE Special Interest Groups
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NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Ae Members on the Move
NSBE - Winter 2010/2011 - Top 10 Reasons to Join NSBE
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