Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation

The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) is dedicated to supporting student success for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) majors. The program provides opportunities for LSAMP students at PSU or for CGCC students who intend to transfer to PSU. LSAMP participants can meet like-minded peers and receive support from the community to achieve their academic, personal, and professional goals.

Columbia Gorge Community College students who plan to transfer to Portland State University and major in a STEM degree will receive individual support in their transfer process and continuous support throughout their time at PSU by working with a PSU LSAMP staff member. Once participants transfer to or co-enroll with PSU, they will have access to the LSAMP Center and even more program supports.

Who LSAMP serves:

• Programming and paid opportunities are open to all students in STEM majors. LSAMP's target audience is any and all who self-identify as Black or African American, Latino or Latina, Native American, Native Alaskan, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islanders.

For more information about the LSAMP program, please visit the PSU LSAMP website.  

Interested in applying for the LSAMP program? Let us know here

As of May 2025, PSU LSAMP is supported by the PSU Provost Office, with assistance from the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science. LSAMP launched at PSU in 2009 and was previously funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).