ENC STEM alumni experience success after their participation in the program. Alumni change their life trajectories, becoming models not just for their high schools but also their communities. They also academically outpace their peers across the world-class University of North Carolina system.
ENC STEM has expanded to include students from 9 districts in Northampton, Halifax, Edgecombe, Vance, and Sampson, Bertie and Durham Counties.
Since the program’s inception in 2013, we have continued to expand our impact to include more students in Eastern North Carolina.
Given the underrepresentation of women in STEM fields, we are proud to be a majority female student body and to support all students’ interest in STEM fields.
We are proud to support students in advancing their education at one of the most prestigious high schools in America. Twelve ENC STEM alumni have gone on to attend NCSSM via their residential and online programs.
ENC STEM students develop deep commitment to education and social advocacy in their communities. Two ENC STEM alumni have gone on to return as educators in their home schools as Teach for America corps members.
ENC STEM alumni frequently return to work on staff as instructors, interns, teaching assistants. We are proud to engage our alumni as an integral part of retaining talented leaders and educators in Eastern North Carolina
ENC STEM alumni maintain a higher average college GPA than the typical student across the UNC System, even as alumni select more challenging majors. Alumni have gone on to prestigious graduate and professional programs, including law, medicine and pharmacy, as well as competitive service programs, including Teach for America.
Nearly half of ENC STEM alumni pursue STEM majors or careers, compared to about a third of UNC system students. Our alumni, who are primarily of underrepresented identities, are building the future of North Carolina’s diverse workforce.
ENC STEM alumni go on to stay in college at rates higher than their peers in the UNC System. Alumni’s college persistence serves as a strong leading indicator for college graduation, an essential factor in accessing future career and leadership opportunities.
Since 2013, we have provided nearly 200 hours of professional development training to teachers in Eastern North Carolina. ENC STEM, including sessions on inquiry-based instruction, growth mindset and stereotype threat, trauma-responsive classrooms and more.
Despite frequent teacher turnover statewide, ENC STEM instructors continue to work in education at high rates, multiplying ENC STEM’s impact to the thousands of students in North Carolina public schools taught by ENC STEM instructors during the regular school year.
