ARISE Program
Ambassadors for Rural Innovation & STEM Education
Twenty (20) incoming freshmen students will be selected to serve as ARISE STEM Ambassadors over the upcoming school year. Ambassadors will be paid $12/ hour throughout the program.
Ambassadors will attend six (6) one-hour training sessions on topics such as teamwork, interpersonal communication skills, facilitating outreach activities, giving oral presentations, networking, teaching pedagogy, community service, equity/diversity, and university success. The ambassadors will also spend approximately four hours per week in local P-12 classrooms, ideally within their home communities, assisting teachers in delivery of STEM-related lessons. Ambassadors will also spend time throughout the program with industry mentors.
Interested in the ARISE program?
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