by danielle | Apr 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hands-on learning and project-based learning have become buzz terms in the STEM education world. But MESA students have been using the math and science concepts they learn in the classroom to create engineering projects for decades. MESA Days — yearly...
by danielle | Feb 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
Ask Aneita Gage how it felt to be the only black, female engineering student at San Diego State University in the mid 1980s, and she’ll declare a single word. “Lonely.” She had to prove to unsupportive professors that she was just as capable as other...
by danielle | Jan 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Lupe Segura immigrated to the U.S, when she was 13 years old. A lack of English skills quickly diminished her self-confidence and left her struggling in her classes at the low-performing schools she attended in Oakland. And, as the daughter of a housewife and a...
by danielle | Dec 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Computer Science Education Week has come to an end, but this topic is much too important to embrace for just seven days. Everyone from President Obama to will.i.am knows the importance of coding and other computer science literacy, particularly for historically...
by danielle | Nov 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
“It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.” ~Tom Brokaw Recently, STEM professionals exemplified this aphorism wholeheartedly by making a difference in the lives of more than 200 first-generation college students. The...
by danielle | Oct 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
MESA students showed Silicon Valley why they are the new and needed faces of STEM. Last weekend’s 13th Annual Student Leadership Conference gave 200 MESA students from across the state the chance to show off their leadership chops and hone new skills with...
