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30 Years in STEM Education

  • UW Mesa 30th Anniversary

Welcome

The MESA mission is to provide enrichment opportunities and high quality resources that inspire students underrepresented in STEM fields, to pursue education and careers in math, engineering, and science. The MESA vision is to increase the number of underrepresented students pursuing education and entering the workforce in STEM fields.

WA MESA History

  • 1976 the University of Washington developed a School of Engineering.
  • Washington MESA formally launched in 1982.
  • In our first few years, we launched one center and served 80 students.
  • Since our founding, over 40,000 K-12 students enrolled in MESA and over 32,000 have gone on to enter a college or university.
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What have we been up to?

  • We’ve recently revised and updated our enrichment materials and 4 new curricula.
  • We’ve recently revised and updated our teacher development and three statewide professional development trainings.
  • We engaged 108 teachers in 2011-12, 10 % more than we did two years ago.
  • We engaged 3066 students, 14% more than we did one year ago.
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Where are we headed?

  • Strategic measure 1—15 industry partners by 2015.
  • Strategic measure 2—150 MESA teachers trained by 2015.
  • Strategic measure 3—12,500 students served by 2015.
  • Legislative goal 1—Sustain the MESA Community College Division with state appropriations
  • Legislative goal 2—Expand the MESA K-12 programming
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Call to Action

  • Teachers—We need you to be a champion…
  • Institutions—We need our partnering institutions…
  • Universities—We need you to be a champion…
  • Community Colleges—We need you to be a champion for MESA Students transfer…
  • Industry—We need you to talk to legislators…
  • Policymakers—We need your support/vote for a FY 14-15 Community College supplemental budget request…
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