STEM Continues into Summer

Our incoming Cohort VI, along with other Cohort students and North Bergen High School students are taking advantage of a wonderful science investigation put together under the SURGE Grant. From Saint Peter’s website:

“SURGE (STEM Undergraduate Retention Graduation and Empowerment), a $3.8 million initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Education through the Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM Program. The five-year grant—the largest awarded in University history—will support high-impact teaching and learning, establish and renovate facilities and provide more resources and opportunities for student success.” (https://www.saintpeters.edu/news/2017/04/04/surge-forstem/)

Through the generosity of Saint Peter’s and the incredibly hard work of Dr. Brandy GarrettKluthe, Mrs. Stern-Protz picked up about 70 science-at-home kits. Along with Mrs. Hojnowski, we gave them out to our students using “contactless” and “social distancing” measures.

Dr. Keshishian and Mr. Locricchio were on-hand nearby to make sure everything went smoothly. Mr. Locricchio states, “Saint Peter’s University has been very proactive in helping our students with experiential learning at little to no cost for the past three summers. In this time of COVID and our students staying safely at home, being able to get their hands on authentic scientific investigation is what we need. We are pleased that so many of our North Bergen students attend Saint Peter’s and this one of the many reasons why.”