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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
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&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
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