Exciting News!
We are proud to announce that the 2022 program will be offered in exclusive partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of the Coastal Plain (BGCCP)!
BGCCP students will be able to apply to ENC STEM at their program location.
Collaborating with a strong community partner like BGCCP allows us to provide continued, wrap-around support to students to ensure their success in the program - and beyond!
Our Program
ENC STEM is a free, award-winning STEM and leadership enrichment program for students in Eastern North Carolina. We focus on student-driven classrooms where students collaborate to solve engaging, real-world challenges while making their own discoveries about science, technology, engineering, math and leadership.
INQUIRY-BASED INSTRUCTION
We don’t do lecture and we don’t do worksheets. Our teachers position students as the leaders in our classrooms through exciting, hands-on challenges where students explore STEM and leadership content through engaging, group-based collaboration.
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
We focus on five core character traits: collaboration, curiosity, urgency, perseverance, professionalism. Every day, we reflect on our own character and push ourselves and others to deepen our scholarship and leadership.
REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS
Our classrooms explore topics facing real world STEM practitioners and community leaders. In the past, students have participated in challenges such as building an artificial heart valve, developing artificial intelligence or determining proper dosages for medications.
leadership & sOCIAL ADVOCACY
We know that access to quality education - including STEM education - is an issue of social justice. In addition to STEM challenges, our student leaders collaborate on addressing issues of inequity in their own communities and build leadership skills to be advocates for Eastern North Carolina.
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Overall, it was an amazing opportunity and a great experience - and the people we meet here are forever.
ENC STEM Student
Our Impact
The number one thing we hear from students is that ENC STEM feels like family. We blend challenging academic experiences with collaborative team building to galvanize student relationships as well as students’ confidence in their ability to pursue academic excellence, including STEM majors and careers.
700+
students served
Since our inception in 2013, we have served hundreds of students across Eastern North Carolina.
3.33
average college GPA of alumni
Our alumni go on to earn higher college GPAs than the average student in the UNC system.
82%
college persistence rate of alumni
Our alumni go on to persist through college at a greater rate than the UNC system average.
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I would recommend this program because you gain a lot of new learning, you are prepared for some of your classes for the upcoming year, and it pushes your thinking. You gain a lot of new friends as well!
ENC STEM Alumna
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