{"id":212046,"date":"2025-03-11T14:12:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T00:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=212046"},"modified":"2025-03-11T14:12:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T00:12:46","slug":"applications-open-uh-hilo-stem-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/11\/applications-open-uh-hilo-stem-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications open: Free <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo <abbr>STEM<\/abbr> program"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_212084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212084\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pisces-star-stem-program-1.jpg\" alt=\"2 students looking a tablet \" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-212084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pisces-star-stem-program-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pisces-star-stem-program-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pisces-star-stem-program-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students build and program a robot. (Photo credit: PISCES)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pacificspacecenter.com\/\">Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (<abbr>PISCES<\/abbr>)<\/a> at University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo is hosting the ninth annual <a href=\"https:\/\/pacificspacecenter.com\/education\/stars\/\">Women\u2019s <abbr>STARS<\/abbr> (<abbr>STEM<\/abbr> Aerospace Research Scholars) Program<\/a> this summer. The free, hands-on program invites high school girls passionate about science, technology, engineering and math (<abbr>STEM<\/abbr>) to explore career pathways and gain inspiration for future studies in <abbr>STEM<\/abbr> fields.<\/p>\n<p>The weeklong residential <abbr>STEM<\/abbr> program runs from June 15 to 21 on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island and is open to incoming freshmen through graduating seniors. Participants can explore engaging workshops, career prep, and behind-the-scenes tours of local <abbr>STEM<\/abbr> facilities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdAjXqVyZ0RZXBC3Cexgqf17d9QZi8wORyCFlqvHC6Y5pb5qA\/viewform\">Applications are now open through April 30.<\/a> Space is limited.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;Our goals are to build a community that participants can draw support from in the future, prepare them for challenges they may face, and provide experiences that connect them with mentors and careers in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and beyond,&rdquo; said Amber Imai-Hong, <abbr>STARS<\/abbr> Program organizer.<\/p>\n<h2>From <abbr>STARS<\/abbr> to careers<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_212085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212085\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pisces-star-stem-program-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"student standing around science equipment \" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-212085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pisces-star-stem-program-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pisces-star-stem-program-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pisces-star-stem-program-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>STARS<\/abbr> students learn about a ground-penetrating radar instrument. (Photo credit: PISCES)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since its launch in 2014, <abbr>STARS<\/abbr> has reached more than 80 young women from schools across the state. Many have gone on to study <abbr>STEM<\/abbr> fields and land careers in science and technology.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Nagasako attended <abbr>STARS<\/abbr> in 2018 while she was a student at McKinley High School. She went on to earn a <abbr title=\"bachelor of arts\">BA<\/abbr> in physics and astronomy and is now a telescope operator at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfht.hawaii.edu\/\">Canada-France-<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Telescope<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>STARS<\/abbr> is open to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> high school girls ages 14 and up and is offered at no cost to participants. Meals, accommodations, and on-island transportation are all covered. Neighbor island students must pay for airfare.<\/p>\n<p>For more to go the <a href=\"http:\/\/pacificspacecenter.com\/education\/stars\"><abbr>PISCES<\/abbr> website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>PISCES<\/abbr> at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo is hosting the ninth annual Women\u2019s <abbr>STARS<\/abbr> (<abbr>STEM<\/abbr> Aerospace Research Scholars) Program this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1529,313,14],"class_list":["post-212046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-pisces","tag-stem","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212046","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=212046"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212095,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212046\/revisions\/212095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}