For more than 20 years, the Newman STEM Exploration Program (NSEP) has provided invaluable, hands-on experiences for high schoolers.
It’s back for another exciting semester and thanks to a generous grant from Evergy, the 2025 NSEP is free to participants who apply and are accepted.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The NSEP is an eight-week after-school program that engages up to 36 high school students, especially first-generation and low-income students, to explore and investigate the possibility of a career in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) field.
Students will conduct hands-on scientific and laboratory research in small groups as they work with faculty members in the state-of-the-art Bishop Gerber Science Center.
Throughout the NSEP, students will:
- Earn two hours of free college credit with a pass/fail grade upon successful completion of the program
- Attain hands-on experience conducting faculty-led STEM laboratory experiments and activities
- Perform group and individual analysis of experiments
- Learn from college faculty through engaging demonstrations
- Engage with guest speakers from a variety of STEM-related fields to discuss the career opportunities possible with a STEM education
- Experience college life as a Newman University student including the privileges of a student ID
PROGRAM DATES
NSEP runs from Jan. 22 through March 12, and students will meet every Monday and Wednesday from 4 to 5:45 p.m.
The deadline to apply to NSEP is Jan. 8, 2025.
WHO CAN APPLY
Any high school sophomore, junior or senior who has completed at least one high school science and math course can apply. Consideration may be given to high-achieving freshmen high school students. Students do not have to be committed to a STEM-related career to attend NSEP.
The limited 36 spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. All application materials must be received no later than Jan. 8, 2025.
For more information, please contact Ryan Huschka, the NSEP director and associate professor of chemistry, at [email protected] or (316) 942-4291 ext. 2428.
