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CSU Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation at Sacramento State

Initated in 1993-1994, the California State University Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (CSU-LSAMP) is an alliance of the 23 campuses of the California State University (CSU) system which supports a coordinateed and compreshensive system-wide approach to broadening participation in science, technology, engineerin, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Each of the CSU campuses has a CSU-LSAMP program that offers an array of activities and services designed to improve the retention and graduation of undergraduate students in STEM. In addition, CSU-LSAMP seeks to increase the number of CSU-LSAMP students who enter a STEM graduate program.

The CSU-LSAMP at Sacramento State Program provides the following activities and opportunities:

  • One on One Advising
  • Research Opportunities
  • Graduate Preparation
    • Application assistance
    • Statement of Purpose assistance
    • Resources for GRE preparation
  • Workshops & Guest Speakers
  • Support to attend local, regional, and national conferences

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligibile to participate in CSU-LSAMP, students must:

  • Be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
  • Be enrolled at a participating campus in an undergradute major in a STEM discipline or have expressed an interest in pursuing a STEM baccalaureate degree
  • Be an individual who has faced or faces social, educational, or economic barriers to careers in STEM

Note: Each CSU-LSAMP campus program may have additional eligiblity requirements

How to Join

Students interested in joining the CSU-LSAMP at Sacramento State Program must complete a program application.Apply Here

Program for Recognition of Outstanding Undergraduate Distinction (PROUD)

The CSU-LSAMP Statewide Office each year produces a publication The CSU- LSAMP Program for Recognition of Undergraduate Distinction (CSU-LSAMP PROUD), which recognizes and highlights the achievements of outstanding CSU-LSAMP students from all 23 CSU campuses. Students are recognized for their outstanding academic performance, research accomplishments, service, and leadership, and/or personal triumph.

2024 PROUD

2023 PROUD2022 PROUD2021 PROUD
2020 PROUD
2019 PROUD

Contact Information

For additional information regarding the CSU-LSAMP at Sacramento State please stop by Sequoia Hall 320, the Center for Science and Math Success where the CSU-LSAMP at Sacramento State is housed or contact us at (916) 278-6519 or see@csus.edu.

Funding

The CSU-LSAMP is funded through the National Science Foundation (Grant# HRD 1826490), the Chancellor’s Office of the California State University and Sacramento State.