CSU STEM VISTA

🎉 Congratulations to Daisy, Elaine, Kevin, Do kyung, Allyssa, Yakelin, Marmar, Eisen, Tori, Anelise, Ally, Jose, Selene, Nathalie, Noor, Lilian, Zanai and Emily! 🎉 You have all accomplished something that no other CSU STEM VISTA cohort has: you successfully completed an entirely year of service virtually. This is truly unprecedented, and each of you should be proud of this achievement. Despite a global pandemic and the challenges of working remotely, you worked hard to serve students across the California State University system, improving their experiences during this difficult year. You are amazing! Have a wonderful final day of service!

📢CSU STEM VISTA is hiring!📢

We are in the midst of recruiting the 2021-2022 cohort of VISTA members to serve the students of the California State University system! If you are interested in applying, or know someone who may be, send them to our website for more info (link in bio).



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Recruitment season is in full swing for the CSU STEM VISTA program! If you have a passion for higher education and social justice, consider applying. You can read more on our website (link in bio), or at MyAmeriCorps.gov.

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When asked to describe their work in three words, the 2019-2020 cohort of CSU STEM VISTAs chose these awesome descriptors! If you want to engage in work that is collaborative, rewarding, impactful, inspiring and more, consider applying for a position at any of 11 participating CSU campuses!

To do our work, the CSU STEM VISTA program utilizes sustainable, asset-based approaches to STEM education reform, including Yosso’s Community Cultural Wealth Model. The traditional models of education reform focus on the deficits of students. Our program collaborates with campus teams that believe in and will utilize an asset-based approaches to examine and enhance institutional culture and learning environments for all students.

VISTA members’ campus activities, professional development activities, and discussions are linked to this model, and all VISTA members are continually inspired to view their work through an asset-based framework. The CSU Chancellor's Office Center for Community Engagement has adapted Yosso’s Community Cultural Wealth model and developed the table below to include our definitions for each form of cultural capital identified by Yosso.

The NorCal CSU STEM VISTA campus teams are connecting, creating, and collaborating at our first ever regional meeting!

Today marks four months since the 2019-2020 CSU STEM VISTA cohort began their service year. Congratulations, VISTAs, on all you have accomplished so far! 🏆 AmeriCorps

Happy Halloween from the whole COCCE team, their families, and their pumpkins!
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