NSF has invited teams of community college students to propose an innovative solution to one of America’s most daunting challenges: broadening participation in STEM and improving STEM education. NSF leaders in undergraduate education are expecting to see new ways for students, faculty, community and industry to work together. The students at Stark State College in North Canton, OH have proposed the following solution:<br/>Stark State College Student Affiliates of the ACS (SSC Chemistry Club) have identified a local high school that does not have a chemistry club. The SSC Chemistry Club officers have reached out to the faculty and administration at the high school to offer assistance in initiating a chemistry club with the current chemistry students. With the successful initiation of the new club, the SSC Chemistry Club will directly involve the new HS chemistry club to collaborate in their STEM outreach activities in three areas. The first area is mentoring younger students. Both chemistry clubs will work together to offer science demonstrations and tutoring to Stark State College’s “STEM in the Middle” students who are in grades 6-8. The second area is community outreach. Both clubs will collaborate with their industry partner, Lubrizol and with local Library Youth Program Coordinators to provide continuous, quarterly science outreach events at three local libraries. The third area is collaboration across the STEM areas. By partnering with other college clubs on campus such as Society of Women Engineers, Tri Beta Biological Honors Society, Physics and Astronomy Club, and the Software Development Guild, our group hopes to expand interest and participation in STEM activities.

NSF Community College Innovation challenge: A proposal

249th National Meeting (2015)

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