MESA/MPS/UndocuSTEM

Are you taking BIOL 6B and looking for extra study support? Join our study session, which is designed to help you review key concepts, ask questions, and collaborate with peers in a supportive environment.

Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025

Time: 1:30-3:00 PM

Location: MESA Center (S54)

Interest Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffWwJtIAXcWPhOhhzQ6PzI7xO4P2lpRPUk3XdI2dFL5KxT6g/viewform

Join us for an in-person information session about the Experience Berkeley Program—a free resource for Black, Latinx, Native American, and Pacific Islander-identifying community college students. This program provides one-on-one mentoring, UC application support, financial aid guidance, and more, to help students prepare for transfer to UC Berkeley.

Date: Thursday, February 27th

Time: 12:00 PM

Location: In Person - PST Village

Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXiRyFykcSH_UAV4qBmLH_eWZnwvboCughHHg51MhcYdpoeQ/viewform

Registered Nurses on the Frontlines in Honor of Woman's History Month

Join this tribute career panel! Registered Nurses will share their academic and career journey as a way to inspire and motivate our De Anza students towards a career in the healthcare industry. These panelists will share their journey, challenges and celebrations and their current role in the frontlines. Nursing instructor Sandra Diaz, who passed away on January 29, 2021, was a vital member of the De Anza College community – first as a student, and later as a faculty member, colleague and friend. Join us in memory of Sandra Diaz and her dream in educating young people.

Light Refreshments will be provided!

Date: Tuesday, March 4th, 2025

Time: 12:15 - 3:00 pm [Hybrid]

In person @ MLC255

Online via Zoom Link - Meeting ID : 813-0223-3972

REGISTER HERE: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=n7L3RQCxQUyAT7NBighZSnvG_Fm-i5pPpbrymXlSVV9UREhGVUVTVU5POExLMk5NWDYzRE9PWlNRNi4u&origin=QRCode&route=shorturl

Leadership and Scholarship Program forms the cornerstone of the Chicana Latina Foundation. Each year we award merit-based scholarships valued at $1500 to 40-45 powerful Latina students. The application will open on January 1, 2025 and will close on March 31, 2025.

Scholars are selected for:

• Commitment to equality and justice for Chicana and Latina women
• Demonstrated leadership qualities and experience on behalf of the Latinx community
• Clarity of direction and goals
• Ability to overcome personal challenges and obstacles
• Academic achievement

For more information on our guidelines, click here.

Infosession: March 5th at 2:30PM in MLC 111

Join us at the WiE Innovation Conference 2025, where emerging technologies and career advancement intersect. This full-day conference will inspire and empower you for success in today’s tech-driven world.

Date: 15 March, 2025

Time: 7:30 AM - 7:00PM

Location: San Jose State University, Student Union

Registration Form: Registration for free tickets via MESA are closed, please proceed to website to purchase your own ticket.

For more information: https://2025.siliconvalleywie.org/

The Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) is an inclusive organization dedicated to fostering the success of Latinx and Native Americans, from college students to professionals, in attaining advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in STEM.

Visit us at:

MLC 250 (Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 5pm)

Mesa Center (S54) (Monday and Wednesday from 1:30 pm to 3pm)

The UCLA Richard Morgan Undergraduate Fellowship Program aims to increase diversity in the physician-scientist workforce by providing individualized research preparation and mentorship for undergraduate students who plan to apply to MD-PhD programs, including the UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP).

The application deadline is February 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

How to apply and for more information: https://uclahs.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cI9y3RlPIlTBaxE?Q_CHL=qr

NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) paid internships allow high school and college-level students to contribute to the agency’s mission to advance science, technology, aeronautics, and space exploration.

2025 Internship Application Deadlines:

Summer 2025: Feb. 28, 2025

Fall 2025: May 16, 2025

How to apply and for more information: https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/internship-programs/

The NSF Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU) program offers a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to immerse themselves in computing research and gain firsthand experience working with faculty mentors at institutions across the U.S. This 10-week summer program helps students explore what graduate school is like, while mentors support the next generation of researchers and promote diversity within the computing field.

General Application Deadline: February 25, 2025

How to apply: https://cra.jotform.com/242948236029866

For more information: https://cra.org/cra-wp/dreu/

The Experience Berkeley Transfer program at Stiles Hall is looking for eligible first-generation and/or low-income underrepresented students, who are interested in receiving *free* UC application support, mentorship, and connections to UC Berkeley, to apply to the 2025 program!

This free program provides Black, Latinx, Native American, and Pacific Islander community college students with mentors, tools, and resources to complete a competitive application and prepare for transfer to UC Berkeley.

Application Link: stileshall.org/ebt

Application Deadline: March 30th, 2025 at 11:59pm

Students can fill out the Interest Form to stay updated on the application, info sessions, and more.

We have a virtual info session for the Experience Berkeley Program scheduled for 2/26/2025 from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm for De Anza students.

Students can find more information and register here for the virtual session.

Ohlone Hacks is proud to present Ohlone Hacks - One of the first Community college Hackathon in Fremont, California, planned to be hosted from February 22-23 2025. Hosted at Ohlone College in the Bay Area, this hackathon is a groundbreaking opportunity for students to work collaboratively within a limited timeframe to ideate, create, and pitch innovative solutions to tackle real-world problems—all within a 24-hour timeframe.

Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSch8puXVeCb6MkMehUr1x7nvqOlClQV8n5NVczVIOoAbPnrog/viewform

For more information: https://ohlonehacks.org/

The UCSF QBI Internship is a six-week, paid internship program designed for students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds to gain hands-on experience in STEM research. Fellows will work alongside mentors at UCSF’s QBI labs, developing essential skills for a future career in life sciences. At the end of the program, interns will present their research at the annual symposium.

For more info and to apply: https://qbi.ucsf.edu/Yes-initiative

Submission Deadline: May 15th, 2025

As a technology leader, Western Digital is committed to expanding access to STEM education by reducing financial barriers and increasing representation of historically underrepresented and underserved students in the STEM field. The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals.

Deadline to apply: April 1, 2025 3:00 pm Central Time

For more information: https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/westerndigital-stem/

This internship offers a holistic curriculum designed to provide underrepresented minority undergraduate students from San Francisco Bay Area schools with the tools and experiences necessary to pursue careers in cancer research. Its overarching goal is to provide hands-on lab experience to non-Stanford undergraduates interested in further exploring cancer-related career tracks. This is a ten-week, in-person program funded by the American Cancer Society.

Program dates: June 30 - September 8, 2025

Informational sessions:

January 10, 2025 (4 pm PT): https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://stanford.zoom.us/meeting/register/ThxZaIe2SkOKKELfQz1ugA__;!!A-B3JKCz!H61Gc21SpAOmKU7tkuxoJnD1uqGdrCHC6xsVE6j62AdqRNjbnibQ25VqLYMoqeZHK2fXI3oNXjuEkxGjnkjPD9Hz5Q$

January 13, 2025 (10 am PT): https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://stanford.zoom.us/meeting/register/y27kByJ3RtWdsjJME_38A__;!!A-B3JKCz!H61Gc21SpAOmKU7tkuxoJnD1uqGdrCHC6xsVE6j62AdqRNjbnibQ25VqLYMoqeZHK2fXI3oNXjuEkxGjnkiipSxjLA$

Application deadline: February 24, 2025

For more information: https://med.stanford.edu/cancer/education/high-school-undergrad/stanford-acs-dicr.html

A community of support for transfer student intending computing majors!

Email Sign-up link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWRMQhCLPyNfSv1ComPBKD0j_U_9y8W9CP_P9bMmiuuK4wgQ/viewform

Our shared goal through this program is to help exceptional young people find the challenges, excitement, and immense rewards that a career in healthcare and biomedical research provides.

Application deadline: 30 April 2025

For more information: https://plasticsurgery.stanford.edu/research/stars.html

Participants will spend 10 weeks with UConn faculty and graduate students, participating in graduate level research projects on project related to water, power, or transportation infrastructure.

Deadline to Apply: March 15, 2025

For more information: https://neurodiverse-reu.programs.uconn.edu/overview/

Looking for potential Internship opportunities? Check out these websites

• REU Finder for STEM undergraduates
• STEM Community College Resource

Transfer Center Website