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L 8 M b BY JONATHAN SANCHEZ THE CLACKAMAS PRINRT flyer provided by Stem Club The STEM club is hoping to captivate and b rin g the m in d s o f stu d en ts both young and old into the world of Sciënce, Technology, Engineering and M athem atics (STEM) by providing a w elcom ing com m unity to share and learn about STEM. “ This [STEM] provides a community o f lik e-m ind ed individuals who can collaborate on fu n and educational science activities, visit local ihdustries and host professional guest speakers who lecture a variety of subjects,” said Robert Rutherford, a STEM m entor. “ The STEM club was started two years agó as an educational and social peer group for those stud ents w ho are studying in the STEM fields. ” m athem atics departm ent chair and STEM Enrichm ent Coordinator. “ We had M ath, Computer Science, and Scien ce fa cu lty d o in g t h in g s ' w ith students in their departm ents, but not m uch coordination between dep artm en ts,” Yannotta said. “ Two years ago we had a very active STEM club led by [former student Rutherford]. He was very engaging with both students and faculty and now a lot o f faculty members are contributing to various aspects o f STEM .” “ T he ST EM m o v e m e n t on th is cam pus really started around 2012, shortly after we hired Eric Lee, our fu ll - t im e E n g in e e r in s t r u c t o r ,” Y a n n o tta s a id .“ A group o f fa cu lty go t to g e th e r and started a STEM workgroup and-Eric helped organize our first STEM club ... Prior to Eric Lee’ s hire in 2012, our engineering program w as stru gg lin g and there was not m uch o f a STEM presence on cam pus. Shortly after Eric was hired, our en gineering, m ath and science num bers started to rise .” It com es as no surprise th a t th is club has put in a lot o f work to get to where they are today. They are now hop ing to im prove in the future to better help serve students in a way that w ill inspire them to get into the field o f STEM. “ W e w ant to raise aw areness o f STEM club ,” said student and science o fficer Ju stin B oettcher. “ We warit p eo p le to get in v o lv e d . W e w an t m ore people to a tten d . W e w anna share the awesomeness that is STEM club. W e’re trying to setup a website. R onda H u ll is h e lp in g setup up a w ebsite w hile s h e ’ s on SabbaticaL T h e clu b a llo w s s tu d e n ts an It w ill be m ore p ro m in e n t on th e o p p o rtu n ity to learn about o th er Clackam as w ebsite and it ’ ll be just corners o f the STEM fields. Students_ chalked fu ll o f in form ation and how meet to discuss and take advantage of to get involved, w e’ re hoping to see what the STEM field brings to the plate. that hopefully in the next te rm .” “ Before the STEM club, there was an Y a n n o tta added, “ There are a lo t engineering club. It was decided that by o f diverse careers that students can creating a club for all STEM majors, and ; pursue w ith an undergraduate STEM converting the engineering club to the degree ... The b est advice I can give STEM club, it would be a more inclusive s tu d e n ts is to a s k q u e s tio n s and ^ it le and have the result of attracting s e e k in fo r m a tio n a b o u t c a re e rs m o re s tu d e n ts to p a r tic ip a te ,” in S T E M . In a d d itio n t o a s k in g Rutherford said. S T E M T a c u lty , w e h a v e a g re a t Despite the club being fairly new, ST E M a d v iso r o n c a m p u s n am ed it is one of the largest Student groups K im b erly H ild e b r a n d -F a u s t, w ho on cam pus, Mark Yannotta said, the can provide students w ith resources “ There are a lo t o f diverse careers that students can pursue with an undergraduate STEM degree... The best advice I can give students is to ask questions and seek information about careers in STEM.” -M arkYannotta CUckamas Print ----------------------- &nd in fo rm a tio n about th e career fie ld s as w ell as how to get there.” For stud ents w ho are h o p in g to join, Boettcher said, “ If there is any speck of interest at all, if you’re like ‘hm m , maybe I should go to STEM ,’ just go. We hold it every Wednesday at P132 there is no requirement to go there. There is no signing up. There is nothing. You just go in and you enjoy it with u s.” The STEM club meets Wednesdays 5 to 6 p .m . in Pauling 132. For more in fo r m a tio n ,c o n ta c t E ric Lee at ele e @ cla ck a m a s.e d u or K im b erly H ild e b r a n d -F a u s t a t k im b e r ly . hildebrand@ clackam as.edu. More Info: visit http://www.clackamas. edu/academics/academic-support/stem- çenter and develop the skills you need to begin your career. Scholarships of $7,000 to $14,000 per year make a bachelor s degree affordable. Block transfers and helpful transfer coordinators make the admission process easy. There’s even a $250 scholarship just for visiting campus. Call, click, or come by today. ■■■■■■■ C o n c o r d ia U N IV E R S IT Y ‘ ■ - PSSTLAMD » Q*£G«M cm? theclackam asprint.net March 7, 2018
