1. Ready! Set! Transfer! 2.0
Supporting and understanding low-income STEM students from developmental math to transfer
February 16, 2017

2. STEM RST Science Technology Engineering Math Ready – pre-college math
Set – core STEM classes
Transfer – transfer ready
Science
Technology
Engineering
Math

4. A community of faculty and staff who help our students successfully transfer to a STEM-major at a four-year university.
High Impact Practices
Learning Communities
Undergraduate Research
Capstone Projects

5. Key Benefits STEM faculty mentoring Community with other STEM students
Transfer and advising workshops
STEM Speaker Series
Paid capstone projects
Design / Research / Leadership

6. Transfer and Advising Workshops
Study Skills
Test Taking Anxiety
Writing Scholarship Essays
Personal Statement Editing
Transfer 101
STEM and Career Fairs
FAFSA Workshops
Scholarship Sessions

7. University of Washington Google Global Health Field Trips Google
STEM Speaker Series
Boeing
Gates Foundation
University of Washington
Google
Global Health
Field Trips
Google
Nucor Steel Plant
Fred Hutchinson CRC
UW Bioengineering
Institute for Systems Biology
Nucor Tour

8. Undergraduate Research Across the District
Seattle Central Rocketry Capstone
Group Capstone Projects
Students
Off-Campus Mentored UGR Opportunities
30-40
Students
On-Campus, Collaborative, Student-Driven & Skill-Focused
55-65 Students
Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences for First Year Students
Students

9. Applications available soon!
Open to all RST students at the three colleges (South, North, and Central)
Applications available soon!

10. Research Capstones UW Symposium – Friday, May 19, 2017
Internet of Things
Mentor: Charles Reid
Students: Shelby Mirziteh, Phuong Tran, Thy Le
Identification of suppressors of lethal mutagenesis using Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Mentor: Mitchell Lee – University of Washington
Students: Ngoc Tran, Thu Tran
Research Capstones

12. RST 2.0
$5 million for 5 years
$3 million in STEM scholarships for 207 students ($14,400 per student)
Focus on STEM students in Developmental Math
Longitudinal Ethnography Research Study
Same Ecosystem of Support
Smaller number of funded students
Embedded “Project Anchor” from SU

13. Renewable until transfer Open to US Citizens/Residents
Take one of these flyers!
$2,500 / quarter
Renewable until transfer
Open to US Citizens/Residents
Application – Due March 5, 2017
Two letters of recommendation
Personal Statement
FAFSA
Online Application Form (to be announced)

14. S-STEM Scholarship Information Sessions
Wednesday, February 22
9:30 – 10:00AM, OLY 206
Thursday, February 23
1:30 – 2:00PM, OLY 206
Monday, February 27
Thursday, March 2
Advice on securing letters of recommendation
Advice on personal statements
Information on Scholarship Eligibility and Renewal
General Questions

15. RST 2.0 – Research Question Thai Nguyen, Seattle University
How do key mechanisms of structural inequality related to social class stratify experiences and opportunities for aspiring STEM students in developmental math at the Seattle Colleges?
The Black Box Problem
We know the ecosystem works – but how does it work?
Thai Nguyen, Seattle University
Project Anchor

16. Upcoming RST Events Wednesday, March 8, 11AM - 12PM, RAH 312
Kelsey Maass, Applied Mathematics – 
“Modeling and Predicting Tides Using Linear Algebra”
Thursday, March 2, 5 – 7PM
Field Trip: living computers museum + lab
Friday, March 3, 12 – 3PM (tentative)
Field Trip and Lunch: