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Students who are the first in their family to pursue higher education or come from a low-income household continue to be severely underrepresented on college campuses, despite high educational aspirations.
Physics teachers and STEM educators throughout the metropolitan area gathered at NJIT’s Campus Center Atrium this month as Gordon Thomas, professor of physics and NJIT “Excellence in Teaching” awardee, presented “Launching Students Into Physics” — a workshop aimed at helping pre-college teachers and communicators better engage students in all-things physics.
Despite the drizzle, hundreds of middle school and high school students from throughout northern New Jersey roamed the NJIT campus Jan. 12 in pursuit of scientific victory. As participants in the 2018 New Jersey Regional Science Olympiad, coordinated by the university’s Center for Pre-College Programs, they were visiting NJIT to engage in a variety of hands-on, competitive activities designed to teach them about and nurture their interest in STEM.
Come Jan. 20, 2018, 20 middle school students from Sussex Avenue Renew School in Newark will begin a free program to learn basic coding language and hear from guest speakers about coding careers. The initiative, called Newark Kids Code, is a pilot partnership between New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the Urban League of Essex County.
On Jan. 12, 2018, NJIT will make science competitive yet fun when it hosts the 2018 New Jersey Regional Science Olympiad (NJSO), part of a national science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) competition. The university will welcome to the event nearly 700 middle and high school students who possess both great interest in STEM fields and strong academic achievements. NJIT has hosted the regional gathering since 2007.
