ASCEND Scholars Program

Contact Information

ASCEND Scholars gain admission by contacting the program co-directors or
through one of four academic support programs listed below. Please download,
complete, and mail in the ASCEND Application to the following address:

ASCEND Scholars Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
120A Science and Engineering Offices M/C 159
851 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607

• ASCEND Program
  Co-Directors:
  Denise R. Hayman, PhD, Assistant Dean, College of Engineering
  dhayman@uic.edu
  Donald Wink, PhD, Professor of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  dwink@uic.edu

ASCEND Office Numbers
312-413-8497 or 413-8432 (telephones)
312-413-7577 (fax)


• African-American Academic Network (AAAN)
  Student Services Building, Suite 2800
  1200 West Harrison St.
  Chicago, Illinois 60607
  312.996.5040
  www.vcsa.uic.edu/MainSite/departments/aaan/home/



• Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services Program (LARES)
  Student Services Building, Suite 2640
  1200 West Harrison St.
  Chicago, Illinois 60607
  312.996.3356
  www.uic.edu/depts/lares/



• Minority Engineering Recruitment and Retention Program (MERRP)
  College of Engineering
  1251 SEO (M/C 159)
  851 South Morgan St.
  Chicago, Illinois 60607
  312.996.2201
  www.uic.edu/depts/enga/merrp/



• Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
  205D Science Learning Center (MC 180)
  845 W. Taylor St.
  Chicago, Illinois 60607
  312.355.1813
  www.uic.edu/orgs/wise/