BUILD PODER at CSUN

01/11/2025

Watch our team members, Drs. Carrie Saetermoe and Jose Vargas interviewed on "Why Anti-racism Matters"

As some states take measures to inhibit discussions about racism and its impact on society, educators across the country are struggling to find ways to creat...

12/09/2024

09/26/2024

A free support and wellness circle for college students!! Please share!

This ongoing bi-weekly support space will be provided throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. You only need to RSVP once to access the Zoom link for the entire series.

Make sure to RSVP on our website to receive the Zoom link! www.icowellness.com/upcoming-events

✨ What to Expect ✨
Join our interactive talking circle designed for college students, where you can connect with peers in a supportive environment facilitated by a Wellness Provider.

🌟Discover effective techniques to manage the unique stressors of college life.
🌟Learn best practices to thrive academically and personally.
🌟Identify mental health challenges early and access valuable resources and support networks.

Whether you are looking for strategies to improve your well-being or connect with peers on a similar journey, this group is designed to be a resource and support!

If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at [email protected] or call/text 626-782-5570.

09/14/2024

Congratulations to BP mentor, Dr. Ruiz Rueda!!! 🎉🎉

CSUN microbiologist Cristian Ruiz Rueda has received a $1 million, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to study antibiotic resistance in bacteria. His research will explore how bacteria use their metabolic networks and efflux pumps to resist antibiotics. This project will also provide CSUN students hands-on research opportunities, integrating real-world experiments into classroom learning.

https://brnw.ch/21wMBGD

08/20/2024

Women scientists who changed the world! 🌎

08/07/2024

Read the latest publication from the BUILD PODER team led by Dr. Frank Fernandez!

06/23/2024

My heart is full tonight! We hosted our 10 year BUILD PODER at CSUN reunion at CSUN tonight and it was an emotional reunion to see so many alumni return home!
So many wonderful stories and memories shared tonight! I am proud of each and every one of the BP alumni - changing the face of STEM! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

I am so grateful to all the mentors who also came out tonight to support the students! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Your mentorship was critical to the success of BUILD PODER!

And to each member of the BP team, I am forever grateful! You are the community of support our students needed at critical times in their lives. Thank you for all you do (and did) day in and out!

So many students came from far away for this reunion! I feel so blessed!

While we wrap things up during the BP no-cost extension, we won’t forget the lessons we learned about mentoring undergraduate students in research!

BP will leave a legacy in the new Office of Undergraduate Research - CSUN,
And BP will live in each and everyone one of us.
This was an extraordinary journey and I was blessed to be part of it.

Gracias, with all of my heart ❤️ ❤️

06/21/2024

Check out the latest publication from our research team led by Dr. Sungmin Moon. In this article, we found that BUILD PODER students reported higher levels of critical mentoring than non-intervention participants and critical mentoring was, in turn, predictive of higher mentorship satisfaction, science identity, and science self-efficacy.

What does this mean? CRT-informed intervention was more effective by developing an environment in which high-quality, critical mentors influenced students’ sense of science identity and self-efficacy.
Read the article here:

05/29/2024

It’s almost here! The BP Reunion - 10 years of BUILD PODER at CSUN!! Please join us!!
Email [email protected] if you did not receive your invitation!

Lookout for a postcard invitation in your mail in the next few weeks! 🎉

04/26/2024

Check out BUILD PODER alumni Akemi’s daily adventure:

“I keep spacecraft microbially clean so when we go to other planets (or moons) for habitability/life detection science, we aren’t contaminating our results with Earth life. We also don’t want to contaminate the science sites (like Mars) for future missions, and in the case of Mars Sample Return, we don’t want any super hardy bacteria making a round trip with decades of space-induced changes. We launch from Florida, so in a few weeks our team is shipping out there to support the last little bit of assembly and testing that has to happen before then!” - Akemi Hinzer