SENIOR LEGACY SYMPOSIUM – FALL 2010

Maria  Barna    STEM  Urban  Outreach  19  April  2011  

DISCUSSION MAP

Mission  Statement  

Selec.ng  Proposal  Idea  

Obtaining  Funding  

Challenges  Encountered/Overcome  

Where  We  Are  Today  

Acknowledgements  

MISSION STATEMENT.0

The  goal  of  STEM  Urban  Outreach  is  to  impart  excitement  and  enthusiasm  to  local  students,  providing  mo>va>on  to  study  STEM  coursework.    

MISSION STATEMENT.1

¢ SUO  provides  students  with  hands-­‐on  projects  that  demonstrate  STEM  principles  

¢ SUO  allows  students  to  have  fun  while  learning  about  STEM  theory  and  encourages  engaging  with  STEM  subjects  

¢ Students  who  benefit  from  STEM  Urban  Outreach  will  see  SLU  students’  passion  for  STEM  fields  and  will  be  encouraged  to  consider  a  future  in  STEM  

¢ SLU  students  will  benefit  from  a  group  that  organizes  and  funds  outreach  in  STEM  subjects  

SELECTING PROPOSAL IDEA.0

Idea  Passionate  about  

educa.on  

Theme  throughout  experiences  

Desire  to  make  a  difference  

Social  Change  

Conference  

Encouraged  applica.on  of  

ideas  

Provided  means  of  funding  

Networking  Family,  friends,  and  like-­‐minded  

peers  

Go  for  it!  

SELECTING PROPOSAL IDEA.1

Service

Volunteerism

Outreach

Projects

Hands-On Learning

Education Sustainability

Leadership

Future Thinking

SELECTING PROPOSAL IDEA.2

STEM Urban Outreach

Future Thinking

Education Outreach

OBTAINING FUNDING.0

Joined forces between

Phillip and Maria

Started to look around for support

Obtained support from faculty and

several other students

Formed a team to

complete the process

OBTAINING FUNDING.1

Use resources and connections • Dr. Malik – involved in St. Louis community

outreach • SWE – needed volunteer project for their members

Pay attention to details

Put passion into each part of the process

Commit to idea

Rely on teamwork

CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS.0

Needed other people to help develop ideas

Needed a wide variety of

subject expertise

Lack of time

Finding others passionate about our idea

Coordinating Schedules

Loss of leadership to graduation

CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS.1

Formed a Core Team

Found variety of subjects through

networking

Created a plan to achieve desired

results even with busy schedules

Collaborated with those willing to commit

Efficient use of available

tools

Strong core of young

leadership

WHERE WE ARE TODAY

Purchased project parts

Aerospace

Civil

Computer Building

Computer Science

Electrical

Mechanical

Physics

Growth of volunteer

base

Successfully augmented leadership

Continuing to recruit leaders and volunteers

Networking and utilizing

student group contacts

Marketing campaign

Campus Advertising

Parks Community

Website

Email address

Outpouring of support

Working with helpful faculty

and staff

Inclusion of new projects

Begin volunteering

Teaching 8-week course at

the Youth Learning Center

Working with South Grand Head Start to begin program

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.0

¢ STEM Urban Outreach would like to thank our sponsors:

v Student Development and Bright Idea Grants v Student United Way of Greater St. Louis v Parks College Alumni Board v Faculty and Staff of Parks College

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.1

Many thanks to my team members and advisors, without whom STEM Urban Outreach would not exist.

v Phillip Reyes (co-founder) v Cat Mollman v Bryan Psimas v Matt Satcher v Todd Foley v Dr. Arif Malik v Priyanka Reddy v Parks College Deans Office, especially Kathy Barbeau v Society of Women Engineers student group

QUESTIONS? Contact

Information: Email:

STEM.urban.Outreach@gmail.com

Website: http://sites.google.com/site/stemurbanoutreach "The end of all education should surely be service to

others." Cesar Chavez

"The difference between the

impossible and the possible lies in not

giving up." Tommy Lasorda

“The important thing is not so much that

every child should be taught, as that every child should be given

the wish to learn.” John Lubbock