Fellows mentioned in this story: Erika Lacro, Cohort II

From University of Hawai‘i News:

Kapiʻolani Community College has been awarded a $1.5-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to lead the seven University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges in an effort to increase STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degree attainment of underrepresented minority students in Hawaiʻi.

The key objective is to create a sustainable, articulated and purposeful community college program incorporating undergraduate research experiences, peer mentoring and online learning to expand the number of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and other underrepresented minority students who enroll, persist in, and transfer to a four-year STEM degree program at a University of Hawaiʻi campus.

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