Some of the STEM Initiatives @ UNH Manchester Ali Rafieymehr Paul Bencal Kristi Scarpone UNH Commitment • Increase # of STEM graduates • 50% by 2020 • Additional 50% by 2025 How? How? • Recruit/Admit more high school graduates to the STEM majors How? • Recruit/Admit more high school graduates to the STEM majors • Build stronger K-16 STEM pathways Some of the Initiatives • Offered a 6-week animation course to middle school students (4-5 students from each Manchester middle school) Some of the Initiatives • Offered a 6-week animation course to middle school students (4-5 students from each Manchester middle school) • Offered a 6-week course to 5th graders of Beech Street Elementary School Some of the Initiatives • Offered a 6-week animation course to middle school students (4-5 students from each Manchester middle school) • Offered a 6-week course to 5th graders of Beech Street Elementary School • Offered college courses for credit to Manchester high school juniors/seniors and FIRST Robotics students. Some of the Initiatives • Offered a 6-week animation course to middle school students (4-5 students from each Manchester middle school) • Offered a 6-week course to 5th graders of Beech Street Elementary School • Offered college courses for credit to Manchester high school juniors/seniors and FIRST Robotics students. • Offered two 6-week courses to 12+ female students from Girls Inc. We established UNH Emerging Technology Center We’re opening UNH STEM Discovery Lab in October 2013 Thanks Questions?