STEM Student Success Initiative funded by $2.5 million NSF Grant
Aug 1, 2025
Summer pre-college S-STEM program was a success and included an exciting field trip
to Quantum AI company, Rigetti! Led by Professors Jorjeta Jetcheva, and Professor
Carlos Rojas from the Computer Engineering department, Yolanda Wiggins from Social
Sciences, Bill Andreopoulos from Computer Science, and Brianne Gutmann from Physics
Education, the program is funded by a $2.5 Million NSF grant focused on supporting the attraction, retention, and graduation
of academically talented, undergraduates who are Pell Grant recipents, majoring in
Computer Engineering, Software Engineering and Computer Science at San José State.