14 The Hampton Roads Messenger


Volume 9 Number 10


HU Awarded Grant to Increase Minorities, Women in Computer Science


advanced degrees and


careers computing.


The HU Department of Computer in


partnership with the


HU Graduate College has been awarded a five-year $622,480 grant from the National Science


(NSF) to implement the


Foundation “Workforce


P reparation through Computing Scholarship (We -Pr e p -C S) Program.”


Dr. Chutima Boonthum, associate


professor


of computer science, will serve as the Principal Investigator and


Dr. Jean


Muhammad, Chair of the Department of Computer Science, and Dr.


awarded a grant to assist the continuing efforts to enhance


Hampton University has been undergraduate


education and research in computer science and increase the number of minorities and women who pursue


Our Faith


DESTROYING THE DEADLY YOKE AND PUTTING ON CHRIST


By Rev. Dr. Gregory Headen


The church of Christ today needs to reaffirm and em- brace the power that breaks and destroys the yoke. But wait! religious


negative control us, bind us, distract us, and slowly destroy us. Sometimes the yoke takes the form of a relation- ship with the wrong person.


What This is language


that this generation may not understand


very well. Many of us do not even know what a yoke is. The word for us means the yellow nucleus of an egg. It carried a very different con- notation in Biblical days. The yoke was the wooden bar that was placed over the necks of two oxen so that they could draw the plough. It was an instrument of control for directing the strength of animals for the benefit of human beings. "Yoke" denotes figu- ratively a burden, oppression, or sub- jection. While many of us may have never seen or touched a literal yoke, the word is legitimate for us in that yokes take on many forms. Anything that binds us, controls us, oppresses, or directs us can be considered a yoke. This means that a yoke in and of itself is not evil or negative. It de- pends on which direction the yoke is taking us. Jesus said, "Take my yoke upon you and learn of me ... For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light" (Matthew 11:29-30). Yokes that are


we become in life and how far we go depends so much upon the people in our lives to whom we give so much time, energy and attention. People in our lives can inspire us, energize us, hold us accountable, and bring out our best. People can also abuse us, deplete us, discourage us, and bring out the worst in us. Habits and ad- dictions must be taken seriously by all of us however innocent they may appear. They cause us to waste some- thing that we can never get back, and that is time and youth. One of the greatest yokes that I see in this gen- eration is the exaggerated appetite for entertainment.


Our insatiable desire


to watch that show, game, or hear that music can consume so much of our time and attention that we have nothing left to answer God's call upon us. So much of what we like distracts us from God's purpose for our lives and the reason for Christ dying on a cross. There are yokes in our lives that need to be broken and destroyed, and God has the power to do it. It is not just about getting rid of a destruc- tive yoke. It is also about putting on the yoke of Christ. We will serve a master, but which master will it be?


Te Hampton University Business Incubator is a project developed in partnership between Hampton University and the Hampton Community Development Corpo- ration (HCDC). It was constructed utilizing funds made available to the HCDC by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Tis partnership has been joined by the City of Hampton, Virginia. By doing so, the City of Hampton continues it's long standing commitment to support and en- courage the location, development and growth of businesses in the City of Hamp- ton. Te purpose of the Business Incubator is to provide nurturing services to new and existing small businesses during their critical start-up phase. In addition to also providing a furnished office space, the Business Incubator provides advice, tech- nical assistance, counseling and other services on-site that are oſten unavailable to new businesses due to their cost and/or the location of their offering. Office equipment is also available to incubator clients. Additionally, the Business Incubator operates as a Business Resource Center and contains a library of publi- cations useful to the emerging entrepreneur, HU support from Faculty, Students, and Incubator Board of Advisors. Increase your chance to succeed at the HU Busi- ness Incubator. Lunch and Learn workshops are presented by industry professionals on selected topics which relate to business best practices, methods and procedures that are necessary to stay in business and to become successful business owners. Due to some recent successes, we now have slots available. Your success is our success!!! Call us!


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Patrena Benton, Dean of the Graduate College, will serve as Co-Principal Investigators.


"The program will


We-Prep-CS S-STEM target


underrepre-


sented minorities in the field of computer


science preparing them Advertise in the


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for the STEM workforce and the matriculation into the STEM graduate programs," said Boonthum. "The project will demonstrate a creative, sustainable model for recruiting, engaging, retaining, and graduating historically underrepresented students in computing programs that can guide other institutions in efforts to diversify the STEM workforce."


The to project by ensure adds the the to success the


comprehensive student support services within the department and supports efforts College


Graduate of


students seeking master’s degrees in computer science. This project will also look to increase the number of women and members of historically underrepresented


groups entering


the computer science workforce and graduate programs. Scholarships will enable undergraduate and graduate students in computing programs to study full-time, while project activities


June 2015


will engage students academically and socially by providing research and internship opportunities, social cohort building activities, career counseling, and graduate school and/or workforce preparation.


two undergraduate-cohorts a


and


minimum three


The project will of


10 graduate-cohorts


also support with


undergraduate with


a


minimum of six graduate students. Each student will be awarded up-to $10,000 per year based on their financial need."


The project represented will in demonstrate


a creative, sustainable model for recruiting, and


graduating historically students


engaging, retaining, under-


computing


programs that can guide other institutions in efforts to diversify the STEM workforce. Finally, the project will contribute to the scholarly understanding of STEM student perceptions of financial aid and need.


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