News and press releases regarding MESA and the San Diego MESA Alliance.
Though President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address stressed the need for a competitive workforce, especially in more technical fields such as energy, young Americans see massive barriers to entering such professions, according to survey results released Wednesday. Huffington Post, 1/25/12
Continue reading Youth Unlikely To Pursue Science, Technology, Engineering Jobs, Survey Finds
Comments closedThe measure of a university is more than the sum of its buildings, the size of its enrollment, its array of degrees, its number of graduates, or its cumulative grade point average. It is instead the qualities of the students, faculty, and staff who comprise its community.
To these ends, Dr. James Kitchen, Vice President for Student Affairs, along with Student Life and Leadership, announces the 26th annual Vice Presidential Student Service Awards. Under the theme of “Quest for the Best,” these awards seek to recognize outstanding student leaders who have typified and promoted this broader mission of the university.
Continue reading SDSU Quest for the Best Application
Comments closedNSF offers a wide variety of paid summer research experiences for undergraduates. To search over 600 programs, please visit: http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/undergrads.asp
Continue reading NSF Paid Summer Resarch Experiences
Comments closedAtkins Global Inc. (formerly PBS&J) recently presented a check for $5,000 to San Diego State University’s Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (SDSU MESA) Engineering program to benefit the Leadership Summit 2012. The Leadership Summit is an annual weekend camping event with an agenda of seminars, workshops, and group projects designed to develop the leadership, communication, and presentation skills of engineering/physical science students.
Continue reading Atkins Global Inc Presents Grant to San Diego MESA Alliance
Comments closedYou probably don’t want to admit it but you love distractions. In fact, just like monkeys, you get a shot of dopamine every time something pulls you in another direction. Why do you think you check your email so much?
Want to be more productive and get your focus back? There are no secret tricks here… do one thing at a time. Stop multitasking—it’s just another form of distraction.
Continue reading 7 Things Highly Productive People Do
Comments closedThis is a list of the active chemistry division funded REU sites (Sies with active NSF awards). Almost every site has a web page where more information can be obtained. Clicking on a highlighted site title should direct you to the external web page. [NSF is not responsible for the content of these external web pages.] Useful information for REU Site Principal Investigators can be found through the REU Leadership Group (http://www.nsf-reu.org/) [Not an NSF website — NSF is not responsible for its content]
Continue reading REU SITES: Chemistry
Comments closedAt one engineering school, only 35% of students who enter an engineering program graduate in the field. Nationally, 22% of students entering college choose a STEM major, but only 14% finish with one of those majors. At Columbia University, however, 96% of students who enter engineering graduate as engineers, due to the school’s “practical approach.”
Continue reading Where are the engineers?
Comments closedCoalition aims to increase attention to declining math, science performance
Continue reading Business groups unite for education changes
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Freeman Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, has an unusual name – and an even more unusual approach to education. His “Meyerhoff Scholars,” for instance, are expected to adhere to a rigorous schedule and strict rules designed to instill discipline and build community. As Byron Pitts reports, what was once a little known commuter school is now graduating outstanding scientists and engineers, many of whom are minorities.
Continue reading Hrabowski: An educator focused on math and science
Comments closedSan Diego City College MESA Program Director Rafael Alvarez was interviewed on November 22, 2011 by NBC 7 reporter Rory Devine, in response to a Forbes Magazine article on Hispanics in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Below are links to the NBC 7 video and Forbes article. Also included in the video is a San Diego State University (SDSU) MESA student and President of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) – SDSU Chapter.
Continue reading NBC 7: Bridging the Gap
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