CPCC Students- Spread the Word!

On January 23, 2019 By ncstemalliance18Leave a comment

Do you know any fellow CPCC student’s who could benefit from our program? If so, send them our way! We have a handful of spaces available to accept new NC STEM Alliance Fellows and NC STEM Alliance Students for the Spring 2019 semester.

Please find our eligibility requirements and application here . Applications are due by Thursday, January 31st.

Also, tomorrow (Thursday, January 24th) please remember to join us for our weekly workshop in Zeiss Room 1106 from 3:30pm-4:30pm. Tomorrow’s discussion will revolve around time management. This workshop is open to all CPCC students; please spread the word so other’s may benefit from the information and resources shared.

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Best of Luck and Happy Holidays!

On December 5, 2018 By ncstemalliance18Leave a comment

Good luck NCSA Fellows and Students on your finals this week and next!

And from the NCSA Team, we hope you enjoy your Holidays and have a restful winter break. See you in 2019!

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Workshop November 15, 2018: STEM CAREER PANEL

On November 14, 2018November 14, 2018 By ncstemalliance18Leave a comment

Join us this Thursday, November 15th to participate in our STEM CAREER PANEL workshop. Hear from professionals from different STEM fields as they share their experiences navigating their educational journey and to learn about the steps they took to help them become successful in their career path.

Please come prepared with questions!

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State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium

This past Saturday, NCSA Fellows from CPCC and GTCC participated for the third year in the State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS). Thirty two students from the alliance attended the event, and of those students, two presented oral presentations and another 7 presented their research by poster presentation.

On November 13, 2018November 14, 2018 By ncstemalliance18Leave a comment

The Journey Continues

On October 15, 2018December 5, 2018 By ncstemalliance18Leave a comment

In February 2015 the North Carolina STEM Alliance was created after we received a federal grant of 1.5 million dollars from the National Science Foundation (NSF) with program support from Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP). The goal of our program was to increase the number of underrepresented minorities who pursued a four- year degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) field.

Three and a half years later we can happily report that we have moved on to phase II of our work, as we received renewal from NSF in July, and more importantly, we can begin speaking to the lives we have impacted with our programming over the last several years.

The photo below represents Central Piedmont Community College’s (CPCC) first group of NC STEM Alliance Fellows. Some in this photo only participated in the program for a few weeks before life circumstances took them in different directions, some transferred to a 4-year university to continue their pursuit of a bachelor degree, and there are even a handful of others who are still members of the alliance to this day, diligently plucking away at their AS/AE courses one or two at a time as they continue to work, take care of family full-time, etc. Each journey is unique and each comes with a different set of challenges.

The NC STEM Alliance exists to help students overcome some of the obstacles that may prevent them from receiving a STEM degree, whether they be academic in nature, financial, or personal. Across our three schools (Central Piedmont Community College, Guildford Technical Community College, and in phase I Davidson County Community College, but today we have Forsyth Technical Community College on board as our new partner) we have positively impacted 100’s of students. Our focus for the second phase of our project is to increase that number significantly. Undergraduate research opportunities, weekly workshops, academic and career mentoring, and math coaching are just a few examples of the activities the NC STEM Alliance implements to help students successfully navigate their educational journeys.

We have exciting things planned for this next iteration and we hope you will join us!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

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