MESA students win national transfer scholarship
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 4, 2014 Danielle McNamara (510) 987-0230 Press Release California MESA students claimed 5 of the 85 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarships nationwide. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship is the largest private scholarship for community college transfer students in the country. The Foundation provides up to $30,000 […]
MESA Director Earns USC Presidential Staff Achievement Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 18, 2011 Danielle McNamara (510) 987-0230 Press Release Larry Lim, longtime MESA director at University of Southern California, was honored with the USC President’s Award for Staff Achievement. Lim was recognized at a luncheon...
US Navy Vet Inspiring next generation of Latino Engineers – ABC News
Former U.S. Navy Nuke Barry Cordero said he knew from an early age that he wanted to help people. Growing up poor in the South Side of Chicago as the descendant of immigrants from both Mexico and Germany, he never heard of engineering as a child. He did know that he wanted to go to […]
Santa Ana Unified Teacher Wins Outstanding Educator Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 14, 2014 Danielle McNamara (510) 987-0230 Press Release Harold Garrett, a teacher at Mendez Fundamental Intermediate School in Santa Ana, received the Middle School Advisor of the Year Award from a statewide math and science program. Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) honored Garrett for his outstanding work in assisting educationally disadvantaged […]
Oxnard Teacher Wins Outstanding Educator Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 14, 2014 Danielle McNamara (510) 987-0230 Press Release Sarah Mutuku, a teacher at Channel Islands High School in Oxnard, received the High School Advisor of the Year Award from a statewide math and science program. Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) honored Mutuku for her outstanding work in assisting educationally disadvantaged students […]
Mendota students win California engineering competition, move on to nationals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 13, 2014 Danielle McNamara(510) 987-0230 Press Release Four Mendota Junior High eighth graders are now state champions in the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Statewide Prosthetic Arm Engineering Design Challenge. After months of designing, creating and competing, they beat out hundreds of other students throughout California. Fifteen-year-old Mario Ruiz […]
Stockton students win California engineering competition, move on to nationals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 13, 2014 Danielle McNamara (510) 987-0230 Press Release Four Stagg Senior High students are now high school state champions in the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Statewide Prosthetic Arm Engineering Design Challenge. After months of designing, creating and competing, they beat out hundreds of other students throughout California. Seniors Dellanira Alcauter, […]
Local students named Gates scholars (Ukiah Daily Journal)
For the Ukiah Daily Journal The Gates Millennium Scholars Program selects 1,000 talented students each year to receive a scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice up through and including a Ph.D. program. The goal is to promote academic excellence and provide an opportunity for outstanding minority students with significant financial […]
Built for success: Once again, Stagg students will represent state in national design challenge (Stockton Record)
STOCKTON – Stagg High School’s Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement team has built a local dynasty. The four-member team of Dellanira Alcauter, 17, Anthony Nichols, 18, Brooklyn Omstead, 17, and Gabriel Zuniga, 17, took first place in the state MESA Engineering Design Challenge at University of the Pacific last week and is heading to Portland, […]