Some of the STEM Initiatives@

UNH Manchester

Ali RafieymehrPaul 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?