Student Tribune

CSTEP Hosts STEP Students for STEM Shadow Day

On Thursday, November 30, the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) hosted 30 high school seniors from Gates-Chili High School and the Rochester Academy Charter School STEP programs as part of the CSTEP STEM Shadow Day. The STEP students "shadowed" 14 CSTEP students to their morning classes and attended the presentation Dr. Ibram Kendi. The STEP students also participated in a network lunch followed by a panel facilitated by CSTEP students and a brief tour of the Brighton Campus.

CSTEP and STEP students were "matched" based on the STEP student's career interest. The CSTEP staff would like to thank Professors Christopher Wendtland and James Cronmiller (Biology), Michael Boester and Mary Clark(Chemistry and Geosciences), Albert Knebel and Christopher Kumar (Engineering Science and Physics), William Strong (Engineering Technologies), Catherine Dubicki and Deneen Rhode (Health and Physical Education) and James Senden (English/Philosophy) who gave permission for the STEP students to attend their classes.

Many kudos to the current CSTEP students and MCC faculty for making this event a success! STEP students shared through a survey that this event had a meaningful impact on their lives and that it significantly increased their interest to attend MCC.

Funded by the New York State Education Department, the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) seeks to increase the number of historically underrepresented or economically disadvantaged students pursuing careers leading to professional licensure or professions in mathematics, science, technology and health-related fields.

Curry, John
Collegiate Sci. and Tech. Entry Program
01/23/2018