Marketing presentation developed to recruit new students to STEM Urban Outreach.

1. STEM URBAN OUTREACH
1
November
2011
New
Volunteer
Welcome

2. LEADERSHIP
President
• Ma4
Satcher
• Maria
Barna
Faculty
Advisor
Vice
President
• Dr.
Arif
Malik
• Phillip
Reyes
Acquisi/ons
VP
• Cat
Mollman
Financial
VP

3. MISSION AND VISION
Mission
l To
enable
SLU
students
to
share
STEM
knowledge
and
enthusiasm
with
local
students
Vision
l Engage
local
students
in
STEM
thinking
l Increase
STEM
educaFon
outreach
from
SLU
l Provide
opportunity
for
underrepresented
students

4. PROBLEM
l Students
are
falling
behind
in
STEM
fields
in
the
US
l 25th/34
countries
internaFonally
in
Math*
l 18th/34
countries
internaFonally
in
Science*
l Fewer
than
12%
of
baccalaureate
engineering
graduates
in
the
US
are
underrepresented
minoriFes
l Idea:
Students
lack
opportunity
and
interest
in
STEM
fields
*2009 Program for International Student Assessment, Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development

5. SOLUTION
Spark
STEM
interest
in
local
students
with
long-­‐term
outreach
vision:
• Projects:
Hands-­‐on
experience
• PresentaHons:
Videos
and
speakers
to
keep
interest
• Volunteerism:
Weekly
and
biannual
events
• Powerful
tools:
Mentoring
and
projects
• Other
resources:
Local
professional
engineers,
tours
of
companies,
student
group
volunteers

6. WHO ARE WE?
-­‐ A
New
outreach
group
on
campus
-­‐ Funded
by
SLU’s
Bright
Idea
Grant,
Student
United
Way
of
St.
Louis,
and
Parks
College
Alumni
Board
-­‐ Belief
in
project-­‐based
learning
Core
ideas
of
the
project:
• Hands-­‐on
learning
for
students
provides
confidence
and
excitement
• Good
experience
for
SLU
students
–
teaching
is
the
best
way
to
learn
fundamentals
• Providing
opportuniFes
for
leadership
and
service
for
SLU
students

7. WHAT DO WE DO?
• Go
to
schools
and
help
students
get
excited
about
STEM
subjects
by
teaching
hands-­‐on
classes
• A_er
school
programs
• Seton
La
Salle
Middle
School
• Youth
Learning
Center
• Possibly
new
schools
Spring
2011
• CollaboraFon
with
SLU
student
projects
Bridges Project at YLC – Spring 2011

8. WHO ARE WE RECRUITING?
Volunteers:
• Want
to
be
a
mentor
• Want
to
help
underprivileged
students
• Willing
to
share
excitement
about
STEM
fields
with
others
• Looking
for
volunteer/service
hours
• Looking
for
hands-­‐on
experience
• Looking
for
an
experience
to
relate
classroom
learning
to
real-­‐life
projects
• Excited
about
helping
educate
new
generaFon
of
scienFsts
and
engineers
• Looking
for
a
fun
volunteer
opportunity
using
your
educaFon!

9. WHO ARE WE RECRUITING?
Leaders:
• Passionate
about
outreach/volunteerism
• Excited
to
help
this
new
group
grow
• Have
good
ideas
for
new
projects
• Interested
in
influencing
the
future
of
the
group
• Want
to
shape
the
STEM
Urban
Outreach
experience
• Good
organizaFonal
skills
• Big-­‐picture
outlook

10. PROJECTS
PROJECTS
TIE
BACK
TO
FUNDAMENTAL
KNOWLEDGE
–
WE
WANT
TO
MAKE
IT
FUN
AND
EXCITING!
IN
DEVELOPMENT:
l Bridges
–
Civil
Engineering
l Arduino
Programming
–
l Computer
Building
–
Computer
Computer
Science
Engineering
l Medical/BME
Project
l Egg
Drop
–
Physics
l Soldering
–
Electrical
l Lego
Project
–
Engineering
and
Engineering
Communica/on
Sustainability
–
Oobleck
–
Fluids
and
States
of
MaBers
l
l
Environmental
Engineering
l Paper
airplane
experiment
–
Aerodynamics
l Other
STEM
area
projects
l Pulleys
and
Levers
–
Mechanical
Engineering
l Rocketry
CompeFFon
–
Aerospace
Engineering

11. CONTACT
Email
• STEM.urban.Outreach@gmail.com
Website
• h4p://sites.google.com/site/stemurbanoutreach
Next
MeeHng
• Will
email
and
post
on
website

12. QUESTIONS?
"The
difference
between
the
impossible
and
the
possible
lies
in
not
giving
up."
Tommy
Lasorda
“The
important
thing
is
not
so
much
that
every
child
should
be
taught,
as
that
every
child
should
be
given
the
wish
to
learn.”
John
Lubbock
"The
end
of
all
educa/on
should
surely
be
service
to
others."
Cesar
Chavez