Hi everyone,
Please see the following message from the Director for the Bridging the Gap
program.
Best,
*Melanie Writer*
Executive Assistant, Biology Department
University of San Diego
mwriter@sandiego.edu
619-260-4729
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From: Kayla Gorman
Date: Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Subject: REQUEST: USD Faculty Needed for Summer STEM engagement with HS
students
To: Melanie Writer
Cc: Magdalene McRae
Hi Melanie,
My name is Kayla Gorman and I teach in the Environmental and Ocean Science
Department. I am also the Bridging the Gap Program Director. Please forward
the following to your faculty. The below is a request for USD faculty
compensated participation in a high-impact STEM mentoring program for high
school students (Response requested by Wednesday, 4/23).
Thank you!
Kayla Gorman
Bridging the Gap, Director
Environmental and Ocean Sciences, Adjunct Assistant Professor
kgorman@sandiego.edu
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Dear STEM Faculty,
I am the director for the Bridging the Gap program (commonly referred to as
Mater Dei). This program is a high-impact STEM career engagement program
for high school students to work with USD STEM faculty in the summer.
Feedback from faculty regularly share how rewarding it is to work with
these students, and it is an enormous benefit to the students in
envisioning a career path in the STEM fields - Mater Dei students have gone
on to declare majors in the STEM field in college, and we several wonderful
success stories of Mater Dei students enrolling here at USD and joining the
lab of the faculty mentor from their summer experience!
STAR/BURST decisions have finally gone out, so I'm hoping that you may be
able to take on a Mater Dei student in your lab this summer. Mentoring a
student in this program comes with a stipend for your participation, as
well as funding for supplies. We currently have 3 more available spots for
faculty mentorships this summer.
Please fill out THIS FORM
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6wbBBCS52DM34OHb6KbrgxMzrXMdV1fDw...
to indicate your availability for the upcoming summer and provide a quick
description that I can send to the students at Mater Dei. Responses
appreciated by Wednesday, April 23rd.
I'm looking forward to hopefully working with you this summer!
Kayla
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*Kayla Gorman *
Faculty Director|Adjunct Assistant Professor
Bridging the Gap|Environmental and Ocean Sciences
University of San Diego
