2. PROJECT A.I.M.S
Project: A.I.M.S. is a state funded program
through the Council on Postsecondary
Education designed to provide academic
enrichment activities for middle and junior
high school (6th- 8th grades) minority
students. The program’s primary objective is
to increase the pool of qualified students who
enroll in and graduate from a postsecondary
education institution.
Contact Information:
Director Jackie Pillow
270-745-5066
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3. WHEN AND WHERE ARE THE SESSIONS
UPHOLDING?
Downing Student Union and Gary
Ransdell Hall
October 31st, November 14th, and
December 5th
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4. COORDINATOR OF
PROJECT AIMS
Create and implement programs to expose minority school
students to college life-
Recruit and administer leadership for program volunteers
Responsible for creating and updating program database-
Coordinate bi
Weekly sessions-Perform day-to-day office maintenance
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5. THE IMPACT OF A MENTOR: BIO OF
MS. JACKIE PILLOWS
Assistant Director of Graduate and
Alumni Relations; Director, Project
A.I.M.S
Office of Institutional Diversity and
Inclusion
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6. BIO OF MS. JACKIE PILLOW CONT.
Myers Briggs Results: ESTJ
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7. TALKS WITH MY MENTOR
Leadership
Education
Appreciation
Determination
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8. ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL
ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES
Academic Enhancement activities focuses on
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics)
Cultural Enhancement activities focuses on
what is going on in today’s society and what
that means to individuals and the community
for which they live in.
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11. MEMORIZING AND UNDERSTANDING
STEM
Building Robots in the classroom exposed the students
to understand and learn more than what they learn in
their classrooms.
It is important that minorities understand what is going
on in the world around them, even at a younger age.
Video footage of “Learning STEM” in the Classroom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DblvNncjR9o
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12. WHAT DID I LEARN
I Learned that my students were excited for
the challenges of building a robot.
I had the challenge of building the robot.
I had to teach the students to be patient, calm
and cooperative.
They:
Asked Questions
Team Building
Never Gave Up
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14. UNDERSTANDING OF BLACK HISTORY
MONTH
“In order to know where you are going you
have to look back at the past.”
I choose to do this activity so they can be
aware of who they are and how they can
impact the world.
They had to write formal essays of what they
think about Black History Month
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16. WHAT TYPE OF COMPONENT IS THIS?
Project: AIMS summer component is an
educational and cultural enrichment field trip
which is designed to broaden each
participant’s horizons by exposing them to
cultural, educational, and professional
possibilities. The participants chosen for this
field trip have exhibited a positive attitude,
cooperation, and respect.
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18. VOLUNTEERS CONT.
Volunteers are needed so:
To lighten the load of work for the coordinator and director.
To foster relationships that would carry outside the classroom.
To enhance the individual of real world experience.
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20. PROJECT AIMS
In my personal experience Project AIMS is more than a
job to me. It helps me understand what minorities are
going through in their external environment. The
programs that are set in place is set up for prevention,
intervention and education. I want to continue to help
children and help families continuing to grow strong.
