STEM Boot Camp: Improving Access by Engaging Incoming STEM Majors

Abstract

The STEM Accelerator Program in the College of Science at GMU will present the results of the first ever STEM Boot Camp which is a 4-VA funded initiative. With a mission to provide a mechanism of intervention in STEM and to improve access by engaging incoming STEM majors in four STEM disciplines, this camp exposes incoming freshmen to the rigors of college by having students participate in actual lectures and exams of the first course they will take in their respective major. We will present how this summer one-week residential camp will help to provide these incoming freshmen with a realistic look at GMU before their fall semester.