North Bergen Science
Issue #12 June 2019
Congratulations Cristina!
STEM Academy and North Bergen High School congratulate STEM Senior Cristina Morocho for winning the APA Award for Psychological Science at the Jersey City Medical Center/ RWJ Barnabas Health STEM Showcase. Congratulations also to Mrs. Dana Hojnowski for leading the first-ever honors research class that challenged our seniors to come up with original and unique research projects to place into the showcase this year. What a great way to start the course!
Noches De Ciensia On April 6th, Science, STEM and curious students came out to participate in Noches de Ciencia as part of the North Bergen Society for Hispanic Professional Engineering (SHPE). Faculty advisor Mrs. Yaniris Maldonado and Chapter President Ammar Eltigani led a fantastic evening of Science, Engineering, Innovation and FUN. Activities included working on innovating prosthetics with limited supplies, so students have an idea of what it’s like to work in countries without full medical system, presentations by the STEM Academy students from Science Showcase, and experiential learning from representatives from SHPE chapters at Stevens Institute of Technology (our sponsor university) and New Jersey Institute of Technology, where Cruz Donato came as a North Bergen High School alumnus. Everyone had a great time, and we hope for many more SHPE events and participation in the future!
Students Caitlyn and Nicholas Hernandez winning the prosthetic innovation contest at Noches de Ciencia.
About SHPE (from https://shpe.org/mission-and-strategy/) Mission: SHPE changes lives by empowering the Hispanic community to realize its fullest potential and to impact the world through STEM awareness, access, support, and development Vision: SHPE’s vision is a world where Hispanics are highly valued and influential as the leading innovators, scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.
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