Solano Community College Awarded Grant to Serve STEM Students (Patch)
MESA hero, mother passes away
The MESA family has lost an early pioneer of the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education realm with the passing of the program’s co-founder Mary Perry Smith. MESA began in 1970 with Smith and other visionaries, who wanted to develop academic...
Coding takes biomedical engineering competition to next level
Let’s face it: We all want to code. From President Obama to Will.i.am everyone is on a coding kick. MESA has held coding competitions for years, but a new partnership has expanded that effort into a new national competition. In preparation for the new...
College of the Canyons MESA Center helps students streamline to success (Santa Clarita Valley Signal)
National Engineering Competition Winners Honored
MESA's National Engineering Design Competition champions, Azucena Castro and Jennifer Barrientos, were given star treatment at the California state capital last week. The recent Dominguez High School graduates were invited to Sacramento by State Superintendent...
MESA tapped as STEM authority
MESA Executive Director Dr. Oscar Porter will be an expert panelist during the fourth annual U.S. News STEM Solutions conference in San Diego next week. The conference will draw more than 1,500 stakeholders from all sectors of the national STEM community to San...
All-female team from Compton named national engineering champions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 23, 2015Danielle McNamara(510) 987-0230 Press Release A year of hard work through hands-on learning landed two students from Dominguez High School in Compton, California as national champions of the Mathematics, Engineering, Science...
All-female Compton team wins big
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...