Academic Year Supports

Academic Year Supports

STEMLA programming extends into the first two years of a Fellow’s experience at ÀÏÍõÂÛ̳. In the fall of their first year, STEMLA Fellows will build on the momentum of the summer program with intentional community building, career exploration, and skill building.  During subsequent semesters, STEMLA Fellows will continue working with their mentorship groups and be given ample opportunities for professional development, career exploration, community building, and mentorship in the STEM community at ÀÏÍõÂÛ̳. STEMLA Fellows will also receive an annual scholarship that begins in the fall of their first year.

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The STEMLA program facilitates significant quantitative skill building.  Here, Fellows were asked to drop meter sticks while their partners caught them. For the control group, Fellow caught meter sticks undistracted. For the experimental group, Fellows had to perform the same task while looking at their phones. The catching points for both groups were recorded and input into Excel, then graphed.
Annual Tradition
The 2022 winners of the inaugural Sudparid-Hearth-Watkins-Vergara Prize in Sucrose Engineering. This award is given to the team that creates the most impressive scientific model out of gingerbread and other confections each year at our annual STEMLA winter gathering.
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 Fellows were asked to interview scientists about their career journeys and then present them to the class.