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Pre-College Students! SHPE is YOUR source...
The SHPE Foundation Pre-College Symposia is a full day college and career awareness program for Hispanic middle and high school students. Two tracks — a High School Track and a Middle School Track — are held for approximately 1,000 students from the local community, out-of-state areas, and SHPE Jr. chapters. Each year the program is held at various universities throughout the United States in conjunction with the SHPE Conference. The program has been hosted by the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Science Center in Denver, CO, Villanova University in Pennsylvania, and through the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ.
Local high school students attend a one day event including a welcome session in the morning, workshops on college financial aid, SAT/ACT test prep, college choice, college admissions, and careers in science and engineering. In addition, students have the opportunity to meet with over 30 colleges, universities, and scholarship programs participating in the College Fair. Non-local students attend an additional day of workshops which include tours of local universities. Previous guest speakers have included renowned educator Jaime Escalante, NASA astronauts Dr. Daniel (Danny) Olivas and Jose M. Hernandez as well as motivational speaker Dr. Calvin Mackie.
Middle school students (i.e. 6th to 8th grade students) attend a one-day program complete with hands-on activities in science, technology, engineering and math. These entertaining and challenging activities are hosted by various corporate representatives and engineering college students.
In summary, the SHPE Foundation's pre-college programs are meant to encourage and motivate Latino/a students to:
- Complete high school
- Attend college, preferably a 4-year college/university
- Pursue a college major in science, technology, engineering or math or related field
- Pursue a technical career
Please select this SHPE Foundation link to access more information on the Pre-College program to be held at the conference.
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