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-Partnerships between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of the Middle Atlantic Region, four Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), along with two Non-Profit Organizations, and two State Government Agencies to reach out to the local community to provide high school and college degree programs in environmental technology and science leading to careers in environmental protection

In 2008, EPA Signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)-PDF [14pp, 746k, about pdf] with Norfolk State University, Hampton University, and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Linking Environmental and Academic Programs in Air Quality Monitoring and Data Analysis, Environmental Results, Career Development, and Stewardship

In 2007, EPA Signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)-PDF [14pp, 309k, about pdf] with University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Maryland State Government and the Maryland Coastal Bays Program in Watershed Restoration, Environmental Results, Career Development, and Stewardship.

National Estuary Program Minority Outreach and Involvement Strategy (PDF) [2pp, 174k, about pdf]

EPA Attends the Upward Bound Career Session at the UMES Coastal Ecology Center - On July 27, 2006, two representatives from EPA attended the Upward Bound Career Session held at the UMES Coastal Ecology Center at Assateague Island. For the past five weeks high school students from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's Upward Bound program have learned the ins and outs of coastal ecology at the UMES Coastal Ecology Lab next to the Assateague Visitors Center Slide Show of Upward Bound Career Session

LEAP Program highlighted in the Task Force on Minority Participation in the Environmental Community's Final Report to the Governor and the Maryland General Assembly (PDF) [56pp, 3M, about pdf]

In 2002, EPA Signs a Memorandum of Understanding (PDF) [10pp, 316K, about pdf] with Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia Academies, Inc. to provide high school and college degree programs in environmental technology and science leading to careers in environmental protection

Lincoln University Presents Opening Ceremony for Summer Environmental Science Program for High School Students, Sunday, June 29.

Summer Program for Students Preparing to Tackle Tomorrow's Environmental Challenges

National Science Foundation Awards Lincoln $2.4 Million Grant

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