8th Annual Advanced STEM Access Program

JANS – North Mississippi high school students participated in the 8th Annual Advanced STEM Access Program at Jackson State University during the MLK Holiday Weekend.

The annual program offers 150 young scholars an opportunity to engage in Advanced STEM courses led by instructors from Mississippi institutions and across the nation, as well as visit with state legislators and tour the Mississippi State Capitol, Old State Capitol, and the Two Mississippi Museums in honor of MLK.

The program is led by the Global Teaching Project in collaboration with JSU’s Margaret Walker Center. 

The participating students are enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) biology, physics, computer science, and statistics. The classes were led by instructors and tutors from Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, and The University of Mississippi, along with out-of-state tutors from Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Virginia, and Yale.

All of the participating students attend schools classified as being located in rural communities by the U.S. Department of Education, and through the Global Teaching Project’s blended instructional model created to address severe teacher shortages, students enroll in in-person and virtual learning, all at no cost to the students and their schools.

Through the combination of providing the opportunity to learn about civil rights, meet with legislators, and learn from instructors from leading institutions, the program seeks to provide an inspiring and impactful weekend to the participating students.