Academic Excellence

"...To Excel Academically..."

Academic Excellence Chapter Manual:

2007-2008 Chapter Manual (Word document)

Academic Excellence Programs:

* Competitions' registration is done on NOL. The deadline is October 29th to sign up for all competitions.

Achiever's Plus

This is our premier academic excellence program. It's designed to promote academic achievement & help students improve their overall GPA and ultimately achieve completion of the mission statement. National A+ page

Socratic Learning is an Interactive Online Tutoring. Real-time one-on-one tutoring online that engages students in an active discussion with an educator and requires them to work their minds and formulate and express their thoughts in order to learn and solve problems. This is geared towards college students

Guaranteed 4.0**: An educational workshop and seminar series that details a unique
learning method guaranteed to increase academic performance.
**Guaranteed 4.0 will run a pilot test of NEB, 3 REBs, and 2-4 chapters this year

GPA Initiative: The Achiever’s Plus GPA Initiative has replaced the Tutoring Initiative. In effort to understand the Academic State of the Society and recognize members for excelling academically each region has $7500 to distribute amongst chapters in the region. All small chapters are required to confirm the GPAs of its members. Chapters will submit a proposal on NOL in which small chapters may request up to $100; medium chapters may request up to $300; and large chapters may request up to $500 to organize one academic excellence activity/workshop. If a chapter is awarded an Academic Success grant, then the chapter is required to confirm the GPAs of 90% of its members by submitting GPA verification forms or official transcript. Applications will be available on NOL in first week of October. The timeline is:

  1. October -Chapters submit a proposal/Application approved
  2. November- 50% of funds distributed/ Program conducted and collect/confirm GPAs
  3. December – Confirm GPAs submitted to WHQ
  4. January – Remaining funds distributed to chapters

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Academic Tech Bowl*

This competition is designed to showcase academic knowledge of technical engineering curricula and also to promote academic excellence. Each team consists of four (4) members (including at most one graduate student) and one alternate, who represent their NSBE Chapter. Regional Technical Bowl competitions will be held at the Fall Regional Conferences and the winning team from each region will compete for the national title at the National Convention. Teams must register for their respective Fall Regional Conference to compete in the regional competition. Questions cover a wide variety of subjects based on: FE/EIT Exams, NSBE/African-American Scientists and Inventors history.

ATB Toolkit (MS Word Document)

Additional Study Materials for ATB

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Academic Pyramid of Excellence

This program was developed to recognize members for outstanding academic achievement on the chapter, regional and national levels. Members must submit an official transcript or GPA verification form. These levels are based on cumulative GPAs. NSBE All-STARS include:

  • Honorable Mention (most improved GPAs; recognized only at National; honorees may have less than 3.0)
  • Club Excel (GPA requirement – 3.0 -3.19)
  • Torchbearer (GPA requirement – 3.2 – 3.59)
  • Club Honors (GPA requirement – 3.6+)

The following is a list of benefits for confirmed GPAs:

  • Recognized with AEx ribbons at the Fall Regional Conference
  • Discounted registration rates at Fall Regional Conference and National Convention (GPA 3.0+)
  • Name included in Program Book at Fall Regional Conference and National Convention Magazine
  • A reception at National Convention
  • Recognized with certificates and pins at 1 or 2 of the general sessions at National Convention
  • Reserved Seats at Golden Torch Awards
  • VIP access to Career Fair at National Convention (GPA 3.0+)

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National Academic Excellence Month:    November

Designed for chapters to engage membership and make them aware of the importance of Academic Excellence as it relates to their lives as students and their lives in the professional world of work.

Tentative Workshops and programs:

  • Financial Aid
  • I wish someone had told me
  • Technical Excellence
  • Cultural Relevance
  • Recognition

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Undergraduate Students in Technical Research*

Please refer to the Technical Excellence page.