Years of hands-on learning paid off for Dominguez High School graduates Azucena Castro and Jennifer Barrientos when they were named the 2015 MESA USA National Engineering Design Challenge champions. On June 17-20, Azucena and Jennifer represented California in...
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Hands-on STEM success
Hands-on learning and project-based learning have become buzz terms in the STEM education world recently. But MESA students have been using the math and science concepts they learn in the classroom to create engineering projects for decades. MESA Days --...
California’s future leaders
During a day and a half, students learned how laws are formed, how to advocate for an organization, how to be a leader and visited the California capital to meet with legislators. This jam-packed 36 hours is the Student Leadership Conference (SLF). The event...
Project-based learning is MESA’s specialty
Most middle and high schools are well under way in the second half of the school year and for MESA students that means one thing – MESA Day projects. Competing in these projects are a key component of the MESA model for pre-college students. Prosthetic arms,...
Tackling Workforce Diversity
Recently some Silicon Valley corporations released their diversity numbers and there is no time like the present to address this topic. Diversity is critical for superior long-term performance and success. So MESA along with the Mountain View Chamber of...
Mentor with MESA
We’re starting off 2015 with an eye to mentoring. January is National Mentoring Month. And for good reason – mentoring works. Studies show mentoring is linked to higher academic achievement and career success. That’s why Cisco leadership teamed up with...
The importance of afterschool programs
California was recently named the top state in the country at providing top-quality afterschool programs. According to the Afterschool Alliance report, after-school participation in California had increased to 25 percent in 2013, up from 19 percent in 2009. MESA understands the importance of after school programs, especially for educationally and economically disadvantaged students. According […]
STEM Student Leaders, Industry Take to San Diego
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 28, 2014 Danielle McNamara (510) 987-0230 Press Release A select group of almost 200 community college and university students will hone their leadership skills at a special invitation-only conference for math-based majors. The 11th Annual Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Student Leadership Conference is fully sponsored by industry donations. Southern California […]
Leadership at its best
Sure there’s reading, writing and arithmetic. But what about communications, leadership and networking? Not as catchy, but just as important. Soft skills are large part of one’s career success, but often STEM students don’t see the importance or have the opportunity to build those skills. But through MESA, each year, more than 200 […]
What is MESA?
Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education is hot topic these days. Everyone from President Obama to Grammy-winner will.i.am are investing in the future of STEM education. And for good reason. California currently has almost 900,000 STEM jobs and that is expected to increase to 1.1 million – or 19% — by 2018. Yet, […]