STEM Starter Academy at MCC
STEM Starter Academy!
By taking advantage of our services and learning opportunities, you will enter the workforce skilled and prepared.
MCC's STEM Starter Academy (SSA) offers you support and resources that will lead you to your success in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields.
By providing a variety of opportunities through programs and services for STEM students, SSA fosters:
- Student awareness
- Interest
- Academic success
We aim to increase the amount of successful students in STEM pathways programs, our mission is to:
- Recruit
- Retain
- Graduate
Launched in 2013, SSA was created to build, enhance and maintain our ability to graduate and transfer students in the STEM associate degree and certificate programs.
Supported by the State Department of Higher Education and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, SSA's goal is to match the state's workforce needs in the STEM career fields.
Objectives
SSA will help to address gaps, promote alignment, and build capacity to meet your needs and refine the model of articulated student support services and structured STEM curriculum.
This approach will:
- Improve student retention
- Enhance student readiness for and recruiting into STEM pathway programs
- Increase student awareness of and access to STEM programs of study and career opportunities
- Increase completion through award of certificates or degrees and pathways
Initiatives
- Pathfinders program
- STEM related events and opportunities
- Scholarships and other funding opportunities
- Study space and computer access
- Sponsored summer programs
Being part of Pathfinders, students will receive:
- 1 on 1 coaching, support, and guidance from a professional STEM Success Coach
- Opportunities for scholarships, stipends, and other funding opportunities
- Invites to special events and engagement opportunities
- And the chance to be part of a cohort of other STEM students
Please fill out this interest form if you would like to learn more about or if you
have any questions about STEM Starter Academy (SSA) at Middlesex Community College
(MCC). Once the form is submitted, a member of our SSA team will be in touch as soon
as possible.
Please note that this is NOT an application. If you are an MCC student looking for
the Pathfinders Program application, please go to the MCC intranet or Engage.
Contact Us!
Sean Kenney
SSA's STEM SUCCESS Coach
KenneyS@middlesex.edu
978-656-3036
Contact Us!
Adrianna De La Torre
STEM Starter Academy Coordinator
DeLaTorreA@middlesex.edu
978-656-3346