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Milton Randle

Milton Randle

Milton Randle is the Director of the Maximizing Engineering Potential (MEP) program of the College of Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in Pomona, California. MEP is an academic support program established to increase the number of students, especially underrepresented minority students, who choose computer science and engineering majors and careers. Randle is an expert in the recruitment and retention of underrepresented engineering and computer science students and has twenty nine years of experience working in college-based equity programs managing and empowering student success in these majors and careers. Randle has designed and taught orientation courses to freshmen and transfer engineering and computer science students as well as receiving and facilitating training relative to MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) programs and engineering orientation instruction since 1983. Randle completed his M.Ed. in Student Personnel Administration from the University of Vermont and B.A. in American Literature from Middlebury College. Randle is Treasurer of the National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA) and past Regional Chair. NAMEPA is the national consortium of MEP program directors. Randle tells everyone he meets and knows to read Thomas Friedman's book, The World Is Flat.

Recent Activities:

  • Panelist, “Developing the Professional Workforce for Energy Efficiency, Distributed Generation and Demand Response, ” one of the workshops for the Workforce Strategies, Energy Efficiency, and Green Jobs Summit, UC Berkeley, Clark Kerr Campus Conference Center, funded by the California Public Utilities Commission, at the invitation the Southern California Gas Company, December 18, 2010.
  • Plenary Workshop Presenter, “Enhancing Learning Outcomes and Community Building for STEM Students and Beyond,” 2011 Institute for Student Success, CSU Humboldt, May 19, 2011
  • Workshop Presenter, “Effective Retention of Engineering Students Through a Model First Year Experience Approach, 2011 International Conference on Student Success, Educational Policy Institute, San Diego, June 12 – 14, 2011.

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