Institute for Broadening Participation opens UT Arlington office

The Institute for Broadening Participation, a nonprofit organization to help increase minority access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and careers, has opened a regional office at The University of Texas at Arlington. Ashanti Johnson, executive director of the Maine-based institute, will office in UT Arlington’s College of Science about 40 percent of her time. In 2010, President Obama chose Johnson as one of 20 educators from across the country to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. “I’m