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STEM Scholars Program Requirements

  • To get started, download and complete the  interest form and submit it to ccphonors@ccp.edu
    • This form will be used to make you aware of specific programming 
  • Your grade point average must be a 3.0 GPA or above when petitioning to receive the STEM Scholars designation on your transcript
    • That designation is tied to completion of specific participations, research  or service learning 
  • Students will have to designate the semester they are petitioning for Scholars/Honors to the Honors coordinator
  • A STEM Review Committee will evaluate the completion of the required components and notify the coordinator that the criteria has been met
  • A form will be initiated requesting the Scholars designation be added to the transcript
  • Students must maintain that GPA to keep the designation or raise their GPA to 3.2+ to try for STEM Honors
  • Student must have ENGL 101 placement 

STEM Honors Program Commitment

  • Deliver One STEM service learning project/academic research/special assignment/presentation
  • Attend at least two In person/Zoom department/division/pathway grant functions (see below)
  • Maintain a GPA 3.2 or above (required for STEM Honors)

Required Completions

  • Two poster presentations/special assignments/academic research over two different STEM majors Courses 
  • Three In person/Zoom attendance STEM department/division/pathway grant functions
  • The student must present an abstract, hypothesis or thesis
  • Synthesis of the problem set; display/acknowledge known prior work related to the topic
  • Present charts, graphs, formula or code displaying critical exploration of the topic
  • Critically analyze and interpret the presented data for outcomes/solution
  • Students should expect to present during CCP STEM Month via a poster, oral presentation or write-up
  • Students presenting at local/regional/national conferences will be accepted as equivalent to on campus STEM Month presentations 
  • Submission to the CCP Science Journal will be considered equivalent to STEM Month presentations

Existing Participation Types

  • Pathway Alumni Speaker Series
  • STEM Club participation
  • Hospital volunteer
  • STEM conference attendance
  • NSF-funded research
  • CRISSIP program [CHOP]
  • Center for Mechanobiology
  • Google hackathons
  • Discovery center research
  • UPenn engineering material science research
  • Temple material science research
  • Singh Center nanotechnology research
  • BTTP program