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News and press releases regarding MESA and the San Diego MESA Alliance.

2010 Walk on Water Competition

Published October 25, 2010 by Eric Pamintuan

The 2010 Walk on Water competition was held on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at the Southwestern Community College swimming pool, from 10:00 – 1:00 PM.

There were over 87 attendees, with teams from San Diego City College, Southwestern College, San Diego State University, La Jolla High School, Central Union High School, San Pasqual High School, and Mark Twain High School, within the San Diego MESA Schools Program.

Most campuses respective MESA programs’ refunded costs to build the buoyancy shoes that teams created to ‘walk on water’ up to $100.

Teams of MESA & SPSD students designed “buoyancy shoes”, and student “shoe pilots” race across the length of the pool. The competition allows students to gain experience at applying applying the engineering design process; solving open-ended problems.

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Sempra Boosts San Diego MESA students with grant

Published October 22, 2010 by Eric Pamintuan

Engineering and computer science students at San Diego State will benefit from increased services thanks to a grant from Sempra Energy Foundation.

The San Diego State Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) center will receive $6,000 to support students in retention and graduation.

MESA, an academic preparation and enrichment program, supports students so they can earn degrees in math-based fields. At San Diego State, more than 260 students are involved in MESA.

Four other MESA centers in Sempra’s service area will also receive $6,000 each: Cal State LA, UC Santa Barbara, Cal State Long Beach and CSU Fresno. MESA currently serves more than 1,000 students at those five campuses.

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Six Ways to Keep Women in Science

Published October 5, 2010 by Eric Pamintuan

First the good news: More women are getting Ph.D.s than men, capping a decades-long march toward parity. And it’s not just in the humanities and social sciences. They also outnumber their male colleagues in the biological and health sciences. But the bad news is that they’re less likely to enter and remain in scientific careers. Beyond the doctoral level, the ratio of women to men starts to dip below one.

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Nominate a Great Young Engineer

Published October 5, 2010 by Eric Pamintuan

Do you know an outstanding young engineer who deserves national recognition for their achievement? MentorNet is excited to announce that it will support as many as five nominees to the Recognition Program for Engineers Week 2011 sponsored by the National Engineers Week Foundation.

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PBS&J Presents Grant to SDSU MESA Engineering Program

Published September 15, 2010 by Eric Pamintuan

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 2011. 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.

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Study Skills for Budding Scientists

Published August 30, 2010 by Eric Pamintuan

Study Skills for Budding Scientists is a web-based, science and research-oriented portal that offers students helpful study tips and easily connects them to valuable online resources. As your students begin their fall semester, please share this website with them and let me know what other topics you or they might be interested in seeing on the site. Here are some questions to consider:

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Calexico Unified teacher receives California Adviser of the Year award from MESA

Published August 23, 2010 by Eric Pamintuan

Mr Mario Magallanes previously from William Moreno Jr High and now at De Anza 9th Grade Academy as the recipient of the Mary Perry Smith High School Advisor of the Year Award for the entire state of CA MESA Programs.

He was presented his award on Friday, July 29th in San Ramon CA in front of 300 of his MESA Colleagues. Jack O Conell, CA Superintendent was the keynote speaker and presented Mr Magallanes with his award.

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2010-2011 San Diego Region Joint Planning Conference for Engineering and Science Chapters

Published August 19, 2010 by Eric Pamintuan

On Thursday, August 12, 2010, Raytheon Expeditionary Warfare Center and Rick Engineering Company hosted more than 50 student leaders and industry professionals for the 2010-2011 San Diego Region Joint Planning Conference for Engineering and Science Student Chapters.

The purpose of the annual event was to provide a forum for the leaders of various student and professional organizations.

Representing the 53rd district of California, Congresswoman Susan Davis presented advice for current college students, updated attendees on project’s she and her staff are currently working on in support of education in light of the current California and nation economy, shared thoughts about where the future of high education lies in regard to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields, the status of state and federal aid in the educational field, and lastly, touched upon the value of engaging in community service.

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