Chicago State University PREP Program

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My name is Dekonti Davies and I am recruiting students entering grades 11 and 12 during the fall of 2022 or aged 16 – 19 years old to participate in the Pre–Freshman Program in Engineering and Science (PREP) at Chicago State University. The PREP Program caters to students from racial and ethnic groups that are historically underrepresented in engineering. PREP is beneficial to students because it provides critical insight into the engineering professions, the demand of an engineering curriculum, and what is expected of them academically and socially in college. The program will tentatively run from July 5, 2022 – to August 12, 2022. The deadline for the application is June 17, 2022. Find included in this email the application for the PREP Program. Please forward this information to students that you believe will be a good fit for the program. Any questions can be directed to program director Ms. Marnie Boyd via email at marnieboyd13 or by phone at 773-995-2357. Thank you!

2022 PREP Application

Best,
Dekonti Davies

Google @ NEIU Summer Bridge Program JUNE 9 DEADLINE

The deadline to apply to be part of the NEIU – Google CSSI Program has been extended to Thursday, June 9, 2022. Have your students APPLY NOW!

NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY is partnering with Google’s Computer Science Summer Institute (CSSI) team to host an amazing program for newly admitted first year students, including transfers. Students will receive a paid stipend for your participation.

The program is a four-week online introduction to computer science for students who have been admitted to NEIU and will be attending in Fall 2022.

If you are a student who has a passion for technology — especially students from historically underserved groups in the field including Black, LatinX, Women, and Native American+ students, CSSI is the summer bridge program for you.

CSSI is not your average summer virtual camp. It’s an intensive, interactive, hands-on, and exciting program that seeks to inspire the tech leaders and innovators of tomorrow by supporting the study of computer science, software engineering, and other closely related subjects.

Eligibility & How to Apply

• Be admitted to Northeastern Illinois University for Fall 2022!
• Students can participate virtually from the U.S., Canada, or Mexico
• Demonstrated interest in Computer Science
• Complete online program application by Thursday, June 9, 2022.
• Attach unofficial or official high school transcript (PDF) to your application.
• Only applications from NEIU admitted students will be considered.

Key Information
Program will be online running from, July 11 – August 5, 2022, Monday-Friday | 9am-3pm*
*Students will be assigned to cohorts based on local U.S. times zones

Please reach out to elcentro if you have any questions.

Student WEB CORPS Paid Summer Opportunity

Student WEB CORPS (SWC) is a summer work-based learning experience for youth, ages 16-18 years old. The experience is designed to strengthen students’ web development, project management and professionalism skills and to apply those skills in the authentic task of building a website for a mock business. Student-employees will work in project-teams of 4-5 and be supported by two TECH CORPS Instructors, a Site Coordinator and a mock client (industry volunteers). Student-employees will earn $15 per hour.

Below are a few additional notes about the program:

SWC will have two groups: (1) 8:00am-12:00pm and (2) 1:00pm-5:00pm, Monday-Friday (a total of 20 hours per week) from July 5th-August 12th (6 weeks). SWC will take place at Claretian Associates Salud Center located at 3039 E. 91st St, Chicago, IL 60617.

THIS OPPORTUNITY IS ONLY OPEN TO STUDENTS WHO MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
-16-18 years old
-Chicago resident (proof of residency required)
-Students must also complete the One Summer Chicago application (Deadline is June 10th) at onesummerchicago.org.

To apply, visit https://www.bit.ly/22swcchi.

Kane’s Data Science Course

https://bootcamp.davidkane.info/

This course comes highly recommended from one of our very own graduating seniors.

Kane’s Data Science Course will be offered for four weeks, starting on Monday, June 13, 2022. The expected workload is 10 hours per week: 2 hours in class with former Harvard Preceptor David Kane, lecturing live at around 8:00 PM EDT and 8 hours of work completed by students on their own. By the end of this course, students will be able to do basic data science!

National Cyber Scholarship Winners!

The National Cyber Scholarship foundation selected their Scholars and Finalists for CyberStart 2022 competition. CyberStart is a national capture the flag competition for high school and college students.

Nationally, there were 1152 Scholars and 2325 Finalists. Illinois had 26 Scholars and 17 Finalists.

Lane Tech High School had 10 of the 26 Illinois Scholars & 5 of the 17 Illinois Finalists.

Scholars are recognized for their achievement and have earned a college scholarship. Both Scholars and Finalists are also invited to participate in the Cyber Foundations Academy – a multi-week online program based on the nationally recognized SANS Foundation training course and certification.

Scholars include:
Luke Patton-Van Buskirk
Andrew Steppan
Andrew Kamlet
Maciej Stojko
Rylan Hurtado
Adamari Dominguez
Alyssa Flores
Stephanie Gavilanes
Maya Moloney
Adithya Prasad

Finalists include:
Noah Horowitz
Andrew Bonilla
Anonymous (In the truest spirit of the cybersecurity class)
Justin Lizardi
Eliza Mchale
Adrian Atwood
Alan Dovedan

Congratulations to all our amazing students! And a big thank you to Mr. Jaimin Patel and Ms. Tenzin Langchung for all the time they put in as well.

Go Lane Go!