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STEM Starter Academy

  • Undergraduate Research Conference at UMASS Amherst
  • Undergraduate Research Conference at UMASS Amherst
  • Undergraduate Research Conference at UMASS Amherst
  • Undergraduate Research Conference at UMASS Amherst
  • Undergraduate Research Conference at UMASS Amherst
  • Undergraduate Research Conference at UMASS Amherst

QCC student presentations at the Undergraduate Research Conference at UMASS Amherst
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STEM Starter Academy (SSA) is a is a state-funded initiative to support community college efforts at all fifteen campuses to inform, engage, recruit, retain, and graduate significantly more students in STEM. The primary goal is to graduate more community students with STEM degrees and certificates so they can either enter the work force or transfer to a four-year institution. The secondary goal is to recruit more students into the STEM pipeline at the community colleges.  At QCC the STEM Starter Academy works in a cross functional capacity with many programs on campus to increase STEM awareness, retention, enrollment and completion and these goals are best served if the entire QCC Campus is engaged.  QCC’s strategy for STEM Starter Academy is embedding resources into areas of the campus that inform, enroll, retain, and see students through to completion.

STEM Starter Academy at QCC - 2019-2020

  • STEM-focused recruitment strategies emphasizing the exciting opportunities in engineering, technology, computing & information technology, sciences & math.
  • STEM-focused campus visits and events for prospective students, guidance counselors, teachers, families and community-based career counselors.
  • STEM College & Exploration Day: Spring  - March 18, 2020. High school junior & seniors experience a variety of STEM workshops on campus. 
  • Manufacturing Day on October 25: STEM Workshops
  • STEM Week October 22-26
  • STEM 2020 field trips: 
  • Academic STEM & Career advising to guide students in choosing the right career and academic pathway. Contact Jane Lesniewski; jlesniewski [at] qcc.mass.edu
  • Earth Day Celebration @ QCC on April 23. Presentations at 10:00 a.m. in room 109A HLC Bldg.
  • College & Career Fairs.
  • STEM Starter Academy Summer Program: July 8-July 30, 2020.
  • Student STEM Research Projects. Students presenting at the Undergraduate Research Conference at UMASS Amherst on April 24, 2020.
  • STEM Tutoring. Computer tutoring in the computer labs in Surp. Bldg.. ERG280 and CAD tutoring in the Quest Center, room 114
  • QCC Mentoring Program with Gabe Santer: gsantner [at] qcc.mass.edu