Programs
Science In The City
The Science in the City ("SITC") is a week-long summer day camp typically at Stanford's Graduate School of Education for incoming 5th and 6th grade underrepresented students of color. SITC was created through a joint partnership with Stanford University Graduate School of Education's Science in the City Research Group and The Social Engineering Project, Inc. Approximately 50 students are exposed to hands-on, culturally relevant, chemistry, physics, and engineering experiments to spark an interest in STEM related courses throughout high school and college. SITC's goal is for students to fall in love with STEM, go to college, major in a STEM related major, and work in the technology sector.
For more details, please visit http://bit.ly/scincity2016, http://bit.ly/2HZae1a, and http://bit.ly/2KJBvqu, and to see our segments on KTVU News or click below.
For more details, please visit http://bit.ly/scincity2016, http://bit.ly/2HZae1a, and http://bit.ly/2KJBvqu, and to see our segments on KTVU News or click below.
TSEP Overnight Camping Conference
TSEP takes approximately 100 underrepresented high school students of color to the Santa Cruz Mountains to learn about work/life balance through hiking, yoga, and mindfulness; math, science, and engineering careers from tech companies such as WalmartLabs, GoPro, Apple, and Northrop Grumman; and college via U.C. Berkeley, U.C. Santa Cruz, and San Jose State during a 3 day overnight camping conference. The students also learn about the importance of networking with their campmates, personal branding, and about entrepreneurship.
Key Outcomes
a.) Desire to go to college;
b.) Pursue STEM related careers;
c.) Develop a deeper respect for the environment and work/life balance;
d.) Learn how to apply to college, excel on exams, seek financial aid, participate in college life; and
e.) Learn how to promote their personal brand, how to work in teams, engage in entrepreneurship, and network for future collaboration.
Please visit http://bit.ly/35qmdOM to see the details of last year's amazing camp.
Due to COVID-19, we will be postponing our overnight camp to early 2021, where it will be a virtual experience. As we continue to organize and plan it, we will provide updates and details on this site. If you are a company that would like to participate, please fill out this application. Many thanks!
Key Outcomes
a.) Desire to go to college;
b.) Pursue STEM related careers;
c.) Develop a deeper respect for the environment and work/life balance;
d.) Learn how to apply to college, excel on exams, seek financial aid, participate in college life; and
e.) Learn how to promote their personal brand, how to work in teams, engage in entrepreneurship, and network for future collaboration.
Please visit http://bit.ly/35qmdOM to see the details of last year's amazing camp.
Due to COVID-19, we will be postponing our overnight camp to early 2021, where it will be a virtual experience. As we continue to organize and plan it, we will provide updates and details on this site. If you are a company that would like to participate, please fill out this application. Many thanks!
Family Science Nights
Our goal is to provide free Family Science Nights (“FSN”) throughout the school year to reinforce some of the scientific principles that we expose our students to and create a support group within families to continue to foster a love for math, science, technology, and engineering.
Many of our students have siblings that do not attend our other programs, so we provide family friendly science activities for our students and their relatives. FSNs are typically hosted at a tech company's headquarters and they teach our students something about their products or services. Moreover, TSEP provides resources for parents separately so that they can best support their children to pursue STEM related careers throughout their academic life.
Many of our students have siblings that do not attend our other programs, so we provide family friendly science activities for our students and their relatives. FSNs are typically hosted at a tech company's headquarters and they teach our students something about their products or services. Moreover, TSEP provides resources for parents separately so that they can best support their children to pursue STEM related careers throughout their academic life.
Global Hackathons
with The United Nations
During the Summer of 2018, TSEP participated in two global hackathons. The first was the #Hack4Justice Hackathon in partnership with Africa Teen Geeks, a South African tech nonprofit, and the United Nations’ Education for Justice (E4J) - part of the Doha Declaration Global Programme designed to reduce crime. The purpose of the hackathon was to eradicate various crimes such as cybertheft/security and human trafficking. The underrepresented high school students of color developed apps and websites to tackle crime throughout the week at Symantec’s HQ in Silicon Valley. TSEP organized the United State’s Team and competed on behalf of our country against teams from Indonesia, South Africa, and New Zealand.
TSEP also participated in the Hip Hop Leaders’ 2018 TEEN Global Cyber Security & Artificial Intelligence Conference at U.C. Berkeley.
TSEP also participated in the Hip Hop Leaders’ 2018 TEEN Global Cyber Security & Artificial Intelligence Conference at U.C. Berkeley.
Virtual
Career Mentorship Symposium
Back in 2008-2010, our co-founder, Kevin L. Nichols, created an event called the Career Mentorship Symposium (https://vimeo.com/15995389) for his LinkedIn Groups (the Downtown SF Networking Group and the Bay Area Black Professionals Group). Its purpose was to help job seekers out with tools to get jobs through counseling on resume writing, interviewing tips, personal branding/messaging, using social media to find jobs/secure interviews, and the power of networking. TSEP is creating a version of this for high school students of color on Saturday, October 31, 9am-Noon PST to secure internships for next summer. To register, please visit https://bit.ly/TSEPcms2020
