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<\/a>Aedilynne Palm and Kamera Gorden<\/strong><\/p>\n I-C-STEM Interns<\/strong><\/p>\n Jackson State University is hosting 34 students from middle and high schools around the state in the I See Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (I-C-STEM) program.<\/p>\n According to Edna Holbrook, I-C-STEM Coordinator, the goal of the program, which began at JSU in 2010, is to increase students\u2019 participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers, as well as to provide opportunities for students to receive training and certifications in specific areas of information technology.<\/p>\n The two-year program is geared towards students in grades 7th<\/sup>-9th<\/sup> and 10th<\/sup> -11th<\/sup>.\u00a0 The informal learning program features eight Saturday sessions during the school year, parent and participant workshops, weekly one-hour sessions with college mentors, summer internships and a two-week residential summer camp.<\/p>\n According to Alicia Jefferson, Internship Coordinator, during the academic year, the students attend classes in computer programming, web design, word processing, desktop publishing, and other areas of technology.\u00a0 During the two week residential camp, the students are placed in various departments at JSU to experience the practical applications associated with the theoretical knowledge they’ve gained from their classes.<\/p>\n Holbrook stated that the student participation rate is limited by the terms of the grant.<\/p>\n \u201cThe largest number of participants was in the 2nd year of the three year grant. In year one, we had first year participants.\u00a0 In year two, we had 83 first and second year participants and in year three we had\u00a0only second year participants.\u201d<\/p>\n Jefferson stated that there are several benefits for students who participate in the I-C-STEM program. Those benefits include the following:<\/p>\n Cantrell Banks, a senior at Christian Academy is one of the many students who have been exposed to the different aspects of science.<\/p>\n \u201cI-C-STEM allows you to learn more about technology and get into the world so that you\u2019ll know what you are dealing with in the future,\u201d said Banks.<\/p>\n Warren Wheeler, a ninth grader at Madison Central High School stated that he has enjoyed his time in the I-C-STEM program.<\/p>\n \u201cI like our experiences and the different software we come into contact with and the things we get to learn,\u201d said Wheeler.<\/p>\n Many I-C-STEM students enjoy the opportunity to socialize with other student participants.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing able to stay on campus and interacting with people is a good benefit from ICSTEM,\u201d said Joseph Araujo, a junior at Murrah High School.<\/p>\n Other students have benefited from the I-C-STEM program in their class work with better grades.<\/p>\n \u201cLearning about apps and helping me get an A in my technology class was a great outcome (of the I-C-STEM),\u201d said Isaiah Rush, a sophomore at Jim Hill High School.<\/p>\n For more information on how to participate in I-C-STEM, visit the Just Science Hall room 125 on the first floor at Jackson State or call Edna Holbrook at (601)-979-5993.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Aedilynne Palm and Kamera Gorden I-C-STEM Interns Jackson State University is hosting 34 students from middle and high schools around the state in the I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n