Work in progress - Globalization of science and engineering programs at Norfolk State University

Norfolk State University (NSU) is a part of a group of ten colleges and universities in the United States that has been awarded a grant from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to provide support for full cultural orientation experiences for students. Particularly, NSU has chosen to provide students language and cultural studies in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Korean, which are unusual languages at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The intent of this award is to prepare science and engineering students with technical backgrounds for jobs and opportunities in the 16 federal intelligence agencies as well as other global markets. At NSU, we expect that the intelligence community (IC) scholars will be well prepared in the core competencies required by the intelligence community by studying middle-eastern and far eastern languages and cultures. Further the IC scholars will have an opportunity to travel to countries speaking these languages which will begin to internationalize their undergraduate education in science and engineering. They may also earn a National Security Certificate (NSC). As a result of this program, we expect that there will be increased opportunities for African Americans to participate in national intelligence at all levels.