How GEM can help
Cornell Engineering, through GEM, is able to recruit and enroll a diverse pool of outstanding students. We are also able to provide our current students with access to excellent resources, such as the GEM GRAD Lab.
Sara Xayarath Hernández
Cornell University
Tufts, through GEM, has had the opportunity to expand its outreach efforts to attract more diverse talent to our graduate programs. We will continue to leverage GEM's strong network to further develop our recruitment efforts.
Darryl N. Williams, PhD
Tufts University
The GEM Fellowship database has allowed the McCormick School to increase our URM enrollment by 40% in the span of five years. Along the way we have quadrupled the number of URM PhD applicants.
Bruce Lindvall, PhD
Northwestern University
Partnering with GEM has allowed Columbia Engineering to recruit outstanding students and be affiliated with an amazing network of universities, corporations, and research centers.
Tiffany Simon, EdD
Columbia University
GEM staff visit more than 50 national conference and college events in the U.S. and Puerto Rico each year.
GEM University Membership allows active recruiting from the GEM student database, giving out partners the benefit of our national reach.
GEM membership adds value to your university
- Increase your institution's diverse technical student population
- Partner with industry leaders
- Educate diverse technical talent
- Access to a database of top national underrepresented minority (URM) talent
GEM recruits high quality underrepresented students
Students’ average GPA exceeds
3.5
across a wide variety of technical majors.
More than
80%
of students accept full time offers from sponsoring employers.
U.S. Citizens
90%
and permanent residents
GEM partners with industry leaders, top universities, and research centers
Our University Members
Michael A. Matthews, P.E.
University of South Carolina
Enrique Ainsworth
UCLA
Sonja Montas-Hunter, PhD
Florida International University