The Silicon Valley ACS is piloting a mentoring program for prospective chemistry transfer students! The main objective of the Paving the Path (PTP) program is to help students from underrepresented groups in STEM transition from community colleges to 4-year institutions. The program includes 1-on-1 mentoring as well as group forums involving all program participants to focus on financial literacy, building confidence and community, personal and career development, and professional networking. Long term, the goal is to help build a system of support and resources for chemistry transfer students from community colleges in Silicon Valley.
For their participation, each student will be awarded $100 toward costs associated with their transfer applications.
Could you recommend prospective transfer students who would benefit from this program? Please send their names and email addresses by March 8 to ptp@svacs.org. Feel free to reach out to us with any questions, comments, or suggestions so that we can better serve our chemistry community!
