Stevens Launches ACES: Accessing Careers in Engineering and Science

From Left: Stevens President Nariman Farvardin; Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. D-NJ 10; Nate Davis, Executive Chairman of K12; Armando Rosa, Stevens Class of 2018; and Shahid Malik, President of PSEG Energy Resources and Trade at the ACES launch event at Stevens on October 30.

Stevens President Nariman Farvardin announced ACES (Accessing Careers in Engineering and Science), a new initiative that reflects Stevens' institutional mission to equalize and expand access to a Stevens education while also addressing the acute need for building a workforce with a technology orientation.

ACES will reduce barriers to STEM opportunities through partnerships with high schools with a high percentage of underserved and underrepresented minority students.

The program, which provides both pre-college and undergraduate components, builds upon and leverages the capabilities of a number of Stevens resources and constituencies. Stevens will provide full-tuition scholarships to its Summer Pre-College Program to eligible ACES students from partner high schools, providing an introduction to college life and inspiring them to pursue a STEM-focused college education. Additionally, 20 first-year undergraduate students will be selected to participate in ACES at Stevens for fall 2018 and will be given special consideration for financial aid.

Click to view a brief video from the ACES launch event >>