Registration is now open for the 2019 winter term, which runs Jan. 3 to Feb. 5. The schedule of classes, in both digital and searchable formats, is available online: http://www.elcamino.edu/admissions/schedule.asp.
On Friday, November 9, 2018, the Southern California chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers left South Los Angeles to attend the Fall Regional Conference (FRC) in Las Vegas. The theme of the FRC is Explore. Engineer. Elevate. With sponsorships from Best Best & Kreiger LLP and the West Basin Metropolitan Water District, NSBE Jr. of So Cal was able to sponsor twenty-eight young people, ages 9 to 17, to the FRC where they will compete in a math and science competitions as well as the following STEM workshops:
This is the story of Dr. Jeffery A. Clements who went on to become the first African American mechanical engineer to graduate from Cal State Long Beach and the obstacles he faced to get there.
Event to raise money for scholarships and youth mentoring programs
Each panelists had a commonality beyond their extensive experience in the aerospace engineering field, all earned degrees from USC.
Scholarship recipients will be announced next spring.
For movies opening September 14, 2018.
The Alliance Virgil Roberts Leadership Academy recently celebrated their naming ceremony.
Katherine Johnson, who hand-crunched the numbers for America’s first manned space flight – a feat that finally got its Big Screen acknowledgement just two years ago, turned 100 on Sunday, August 26, 2018.
Black women continue to lead as Vanessa Wyche takes on the role of Deputy Director of the NASA Johnson Space Center. I am incredibly humbled to take on this role at JSC, and also excited to assist Mark with leading the home of human spaceflight,” Wyche said in a statement Wednesday of her appointment as center deputy director. “I look forward to working with the talented employees at JSC as we work toward our mission of taking humans farther into the solar system.” To learn more about Vanessa Wyche visit NASA here.
As workers in the energy sector reach retirement age, the need to recruit, train and hire younger, more diverse talent will increase, dramatically.
Honorees from all corners of the 64th Assembly District to be feted in Carson.
Robin Wilson is fighting a battle against poverty and lack of opportunity. His weapon is math. The Cal Poly Pomona professor believes “Math literacy can lead to personal and societal change because it can provide or prevent access to education and economic success.”
I am convinced that we can use Black Panther and Princess Shuri to help young people imagine their own STEM futures and the role they can play in driving innovation as we all prepare for the fourth industrial revolution.
It’s the Opening day for the 4th Annual LadyLike Day at UCLA , where young ladies attended group sessions on fashion, health, fitness, STEM, finance and etiquette.