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STEM Urban Outreach Recruitment
- 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 WEDO? • 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 WERECRUITING? 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 WERECRUITING? 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