Share Paper: STEM undergraduates mentoring high school girls: the Role of social media in GO-GIRL Program

  1. Sally Roberts, Wayne State University, United States
  2. Ke Zhang, Wayne State University, United States
  3. Patricia Pokay, Eastern Michigan University, United States
Wednesday, October 23 3:05-3:25 PM Las Vegas Ballroom 1

Abstract: This session reports a project using social media for STEM undergraduates to mentor high school girls. The Gaining Options:Girls Investigate Real Life (GO-GIRL) is a long-standing out-of-school program to increase the number of female entering college with both the capacity and the intent to pursue health-related STEM careers through mentoring from female undergraduate STEM students.This NIH-supported program focuses on engagement, continuity, and learning capacity, a trilogy that has been identified as necessary for success in STEM disciplines.In the GO-GIRL program, high school girls are assigned to female undergraduate mentors in STEM majors.Girls interact with their mentors in multiple 3-day academies ...