STEM Sisters, out of Service-Learning and Volunteering at USM connects young women on STEM pathways at USM with working STEM professionals to go out to our local high schools to encourage girls to pursue STEM. We are seeking women from all walks of life (and awesome dudes) who are interested in making progress in building up successful women to pursue STEM pathways.
- Redefine what STEM means to you
- Connect with other STEM women from all different disciplines
- Get support from USM's Service-Learning & Volunteering AmeriCorps VISTA
- Curate "Portable Museums" for high school girls
This is not so much a mentoring program as it is an ideas exchange and means to building community between women from high school on up.
There are many ways to get involved and you can commit to as little as 2 hrs a month to as much as 12, depending on your capacity.
We need volunteers to pair with other working professionals or, ideally, with USM students to share your experiences and lead STEM activities and talk about STEM topics via show-and-tell to excite high school girls about STEM.
If interested, please email: usm.stemambassadors@maine.edu
