STEM Program
About the Program
Founded at UCCS in 2008, STEM Education Outreach became part of the Pre-Collegiate Success and Support Center in 2016. This program offers a series of STEM workshops and opportunities for Pre-Collegiate students in grades 7-12, aiming to inspire and engage them in various STEM activities, careers, and academic pathways.
Code Quest
Code Quest
Type: Pre-Collegiate High School Students
Partner: Lockheed Martin
Recruiting up to 6 students to meet once a week on Saturday afternoons for 3 hours to learn Python and prepare for the spring competition.
Cyber Quest
Cyber Quest
Type: Pre-Collegiate High School Students
Partner: Lockheed Martin
Recruiting up to 6 students to meet once a week after school for 3 hours (dinner will be provided) starting in October and ending in March with the competition.
STEM in Real-Life Workshops
STEM in Real-Life Workshops
Type: Pre-Collegiate High School Students
Partner: Lockheed Martin
Designed to help with career exploration in many areas of engineering and technology for high school students.
Type: Pre-Collegiate Middle School Students
Partner: Northrup Grumman
STEM in Real Life workshops for the upcoming academic year are expanding to include middle school students.
Unite
Unite
Type: Pre-Collegiate High School Students
Summer Engineering Career exploration program – takes place in June for 4 weeks. Recruitment of 20 rising 10th-grade students (current 9th grade) takes place in March-May.