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 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/

UPCOMING PROGRAMS: Spring 2025 (hybrid at VRC on Wednesday 12-1pm):

2025-04-02(Week 1) Community Building and Intro to Research
2025-04-09 (Week 2) Effective Science Communication
2025-04-15 (Week 3) UCLA Lab Tour Dr. Weiss - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (time TBA)
2025-04-22 (Week 4) UCLA Lab Tour Dr. Tripati - Department of Earth, Planetary & Space Sciences (time TBA)
2025-04-30 (Week 5) Research Ethics and Integrity

UCLA DTLA Office Address: 433 S. Spring St. #700, Los Angeles, CA 90013

ZOOM LINK ( zoom.us/my/vstem):

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 - Images)
2024-10-15 VRC-CDLS VSTEM Structure and Timetable (Week 3 Flyer, Images)
2024-10-29 Alumni Presentations and Panel Discussion: Life After VSTEM (Week 5)
2024-11-05 VA Loan Talk (Week 6 - Post, Images)
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)
Fall program flyers (page1) (page 2)
2024-01-17 Searching for a Lab (flyer, photo, recording)
2024-01-24 STEM Panel with Grad mentors (flyer, photo)
2024-02-07 Alumni Presentation (flyer, photo)
2023-10-04 Orientation Meeting Flyer
2023-10-11 Lit Review Pt 1: Reading Articles and Note Taking recording images
2023-11-01 Lit Review Pt 2: Source Selection and Organization images
3 events in Winter Quarter 2023 flyer
2023-02-06How To Deliver a Scientific Presentation slides
2023-01-30 Scientific Poster Presentation Workshop images, recording
2023-01-27 ELAC Lab Tour images
2023-01-23 Descriptive Table Workshop slides, table example, image
2023-01-17 Introduction to Vets In Stem Program & Pre-Health Program slides
2022-10-19 Data Handling & Construction Table 1 recording, images & slides
2022-10-12 Scientific Writing: Literature Review and Conducting Scholarly Research recording
2022-10-05 Scientific Literature Review recording and slides