Karina has been selected as a recipient of this year’s Vice Presidential Student Service Award, “Quest for the Best.”
http://sll.sdsu.edu/leadership/quest.html

Only a few students are chosen for this award each year.

February 2010 MESA newsletter

By Kristiana Erthner
Cars racing, bridges collapsing and strange objects falling from the sky—this is what MESA Day is all about.

On Saturday, March 6, the MESA Schools Program (Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement) will host its annual MESA Day event, giving San Diego County middle and high school students the opportunity to participate in a number of science-based activities and win awards for their performances.

SDSU Maximizing Science Potential/MBRS program student assistant Ashley Berry was featured in a Study Aboard feature story on SDSU NewsCenter.

Imperial Valley Press Online staff writer Elizabeth Varin covered the Imperial Valley MESA program’s Robotics Competition in the articles, ‘Imperial County MESA program hosts robotic competition‘ and ‘MESA students more likely to head off to college than others in Imperial County‘.

The Shadow Day Program, coordinated by the San Diego MESA Alliance, matches students with employers to gain insight into technical careers. Student participants have the opportunity to observe one or more people working at a job of interest. Overall, students will observe and network with professionals, investigate a career field, clarify career goals and interests, and function within a work environment.

Congratulations to Karina Kangas for being selected as the SDSU MESA Engineering Program/Maximizing Science Potential Student of the Month!

The Caterpillar Latino Connection (CLC), Solar Chapter affinity group hosted a “Shadow Day” event on Friday, October 23.

This event was organized to provide engineering students with an opportunity to experience a typical workday at Solar Turbines and learn about the various technical/engineering disciplines available. This was an all day event held simultaneously at the two Solar facilities in San Diego (Harbor Drive and Kearny Mesa), where each student participated in two different shadow sessions with a different mentor from a different discipline.

The 6th Annual Student Leadership Conference, “Energizing Your Future!” SDSU MEP students Arielle Nuspl, Pedro Ramos, Emmanuel Hernandez, and Jose Navarro were selected to participate by their MESA Director Theresa Garcia based on their demonstrated potential to be a future leader for their college, the MESA program, and ultimately, in their professional field.

Look inside the chemistry labs at San Diego State and you’ll find something more profound than an experiment — you’ll find a petite brunette who’s making a big impact here on campus: Karina Kangas.