Rising sophomore, computer science, Virginia Tech Omer Ahmed and Edwin Lewis in "Code World, No Blanket" computer science lab Omer Ahmed The deadline to register as a presenter is July 17 at 5 p.m. CCI values research at all levels and champions student involvement in its research programs.Īt the end of the summer, Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program students and CCI student researchers alike are encouraged to present their research at the Virginia Tech Summer Research Symposium on Thursday, July 27. Three of these faculty members are funded in part by the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) in Southwest Virginia as part of its mission to build diverse teams with diverse approaches to strengthen the field of cybersecurity. The students spend 10 weeks immersed in the rigors of graduate research, mentored by faculty members from research labs across campus. “These are going to be some of your best friends for the rest of your life, I promise you.” “I tell them on day one, look around at these strangers sitting next to you,” Hunter said. “A paid internship on campus that also makes you more marketable for graduate school or industry, that's just golden.”īut what Hunter believes sets the program apart from other summer internships are the relationships. “One of the goals is to diversify our graduate student population,” said Monica Hunter, director of the program. Students test their research mettle with faculty advisors, applying genuine effort as their genuine selves - both in the lab and out of it. The internship program targets undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds who are entering fields with low diversity. As minorities in engineering fields, and college in general, we share a lot of experiences.” “I’ve also met a lot of other people that I will maintain a lifelong connection with. “I met Edwin on the first day of this program, and we’ve been best friends ever since,” said Ahmed, a rising sophomore computer science major at Virginia Tech. They are sinking deep into mind-bending research and snapping into fast friendships with 37 other undergraduates from 15 institutions who traveled to Blacksburg to sample the Hokie graduate experience. None of these students had clear expectations for the summer research program from Virginia Tech’s Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program, but they were all open to an experience - and they are getting one. Edwin Lewis thought the schedule might be strict. Nathanyal Carter felt curious about research. Omer Ahmed hoped to get a taste of graduate school.
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