Veterans In STEM

ABOUT US:
We are a group of veteran and military connected students building a community of student veterans and alumni majoring in STEM. We are supported by the Veteran Resource Centers and Center for Diverse Leadership in Science to provide mentorship, scientific workshops, and research experiences to success rates UCLA student veterans for successful completion of major in STEM. We believe the combination of our military experiences, higher education, and participation in this program will help create diversity champions in STEM with veteran origin.

INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT:
https://www.instagram.com/vets.in.stem/

Past Workshops:

• 2025-02-13 Resume feedback-week 6
• 2025-02-06 Literature Review Pt. 1: Reading Articles and Note-Taking-week 5
• 2024-10-08 VRC-CDLS VSTEM Meet and Greet (Week 2)
• 2024-10-15 VRC-CDLS VSTEM Structure and Timetable (Week 3)
• 2024-10-29 Alumni Presentations and Panel Discussion: Life After VSTEM (Week 5)
• 2024-11-05 VA Loan Talk (Week 6)
• 2024-11-12 Making a Ten-Minute Research Presentation (Week 7)
• 2024-11-19 Exploring Green STEM Careers: A Deep Dive with AltaSeads’ Emily Aguirre (Week 8)
• 2024-12-10 Check-In – Finals (Week 10)
• 2024-01-17 Searching for a Lab (recording2024-01-17)
• 2024-01-24 STEM Panel with Grad mentors
• 2024-02-07 Alumni Presentation
• 2023-10-04 Orientation Meeting
• 2023-10-11 Lit Review Pt 1: Reading Articles and Note Taking recording
• 2023-11-01 Lit Review Pt 2: Source Selection and Organization
• 2023-02-06 How To Deliver a Scientific Presentation
• 2023-01-30 Scientific Poster Presentation Workshop (recording2023-01-30)
• 2023-01-27 ELAC Lab Tour
• 2023-01-23 Descriptive Table Workshop
• 2023-01-17 Introduction to Vets In Stem Program & Pre-Health Program slides
• 2022-10-19 Data Handling & Construction Table 1 (Recording2022-10-19)
• 2022-10-12 Scientific Writing: Literature Review and Conducting Scholarly Research recording
• 2022-10-05 Scientific Literature Review

Former Scholars:

• Allen Ramirez (21-22)
• Jose Abarca (21-22)
• Marcelo Perdomo (21-22)
• Kevin Miguel (21-22)
• Noah Miller (21-22)