{"id":12139,"date":"2012-11-29T11:30:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T21:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=12139"},"modified":"2021-01-21T14:08:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T00:08:44","slug":"be-a-scientist-night-reaches-out-to-disadvantaged-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/11\/29\/be-a-scientist-night-reaches-out-to-disadvantaged-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Be a Scientist Night reaches out to disadvantaged youth"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa student-volunteers brings IHS participants and the community exciting STEM activities (2011 Be a Scientist Night photo courtesy of the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Department of Mathematics)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Friday November 30, a team of 50 University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> students will volunteer with the Institute of Human Services, the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa Department of Mathematics<\/a> and the Graduate Women in Science<\/a> for Be a Scientist Night. The event takes place at 6 p.m. at 546 Kaʻaahi<\/span> Street, Honolulu and is open to the general public.<\/p>\n

Be a Scientist Night provides IHS<\/abbr> participants and the community with engaging activities based on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM<\/abbr>). The activities, designed for K–12 students, are organized and lead by UH<\/abbr> Mānoa students interested in or majoring in education, engineering, physics, mathematics and various other degree fields.<\/p>\n

“Be a Scientist Night offers our keiki the opportunity to thrive through educational exploration,” says Angela Dumais, the IHS<\/abbr> children’s program coordinator. “Through care and education, we can help this generation of keiki strive to reach for the summit rather than become a product of their environment. This plays a major role in ending homelessness. They deserve every opportunity to succeed in life.”<\/p>\n

According to the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Department of Education’s 2012 Adequate Yearly Progress Report, only 51 percent of “disadvantaged students” in the state of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> meet proficiency in mathematics.<\/p>\n

“Raising STEM<\/abbr> interest and math proficiency within the state certainly is a responsible goal,” said Monique Chyba<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa professor of mathematics and organizer of Be a Scientist Night. “But we cannot forget the economically disadvantaged. To be exposed to math and science through such an engaging and exciting spectacle shows them that avenues for success exist.”<\/p>\n

Be a Scientist Night is part of a larger effort from the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. Since Fall 2010, the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa Department of Mathematics has worked in association with Angela Dumais and IHS<\/abbr> to provide homeless children with weekly educational programs. Sessions on robotics, rocketry and mathematics are taught by undergraduate and graduate students from various departments at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa.<\/p>\n

The program welcomes donations such as diapers, wet\/disinfectant wipes, clothing and puzzles. For more information, please contact Robert Young<\/strong>, SUPER-M Special Events Coordinator, at (808) 956-4669 or email the program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

—Adapted from a UH<\/abbr> Mānoa news release<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UH<\/abbr> Mānoa students team up with the Institute for Human Services and others to bring STEM program to disadvantaged and homeless youth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[554,9],"class_list":["post-12139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-mathematics","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12139"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134152,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12139\/revisions\/134152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}