Venura College News
March 4, 2009
MESA host science night in Fillmore

Hoping to inspire the next generation of scientists, members of the Ventura College chapter of Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement hosted the first Science Night, or Noche de Ciencias, at Fillmore Middle School Feb. 19 as part of National Engineering Week.
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KNVN.com(NBC-TV Chico)
February 11, 2009
Chico Man Who Worked on Inauguration Shares His Story

After an almost surreal trip to Washington DC witnessing the historic inauguration, Paul Villegas is settling back into his day job as the Director for MESA at Chico State.
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Paso Robles Press
February 2, 2009
Flamson: school committed to meeting the needs of its student population

No school site suffered more as a result of the San Simeon earthquake than Flamson Middle School...But as construction continues, and school officials target the fall of the 09-10 school year as the opening date for the new building, there is a sense of excitement on the campus.

...Flamson has an array of offerings for students, including art and drama, Gifted and Talented Education activities and a sports program that features volleyball, basketball, wrestling and track.

Another thriving program at Flamson is the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement, or MESA, program. Led by teacher Ayen Johnson, the program is aimed at getting students interested in math and science through classroom activities and competitions.
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Inglewood Unified School News
January 2009
Monroe MESA Team scores big at JPL challenge

Aspiring students from Monroe Magmet Middle School achieved second place at the JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Invention Challenge Finals held December 12 in Pasadena.

The win by the Monroe MESA team was quite a feat considering their competition included 22 high schools, 2 middle schools and 12 JPL engineers.
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Orland-Press Register
January 22, 2009
Afterschool program gets assist

Students in an afterschool program at Orland High School are building robots. The program - Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement - is designed for minority and disadvantaged students interested in the subjects.
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Santa Barbara Independent
December 13, 2008
Verizon donates sum to City College

Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) received a sizable donation on Friday from Verizon Communications that school officials hope will benefit students majoring in math, engineering, and science. Holly Cole, Verizon’s director of Government & External Affairs for Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, presented Barbara Ben-Horin with a check for $22,500 that will go specifically to SBCC’s MESA program.
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HEENAC Scholar of the Week
December 8, 2008
Roxanne Acosta

Roxanne Acosta is a second year civil engineering major attending California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State L.A.).  The potential of imagination, creativity, and the yearning for development were the roots to Roxanne’s inspiration for becoming a civil engineer.

In her first year at Cal State L.A., Roxanne spent considerable time involved in the community.  This included work with the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) schools program.
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Salinas Californian
December 2, 2008
Hartnell hosting robotic olympics beginning today

Hartnell College's MESA Robotics Club is hosting the Second Annual Robotics Olympics this month with 19 teams of more than 50 students representing the college and four high schools in two competitions involving Parallax Boe-Bot robots at Hartnell.
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Riverside Press-Enterprise
November 22, 2008
Inland students compare robotic creations at UCR competition

...The intensity of the 2008 UCR Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement, or MESA Robotics Invitational was matched only by the high spirits of the students as they found out whether their products of months of preparation would hold up.
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Los Angeles Society of Petroleum Engineers
November 2008
MESA students from Central Valley tour LBU's Island White

Twenty-Five middle school students and chaperones from the central valley towns of Mendota and Los Banos in California drove to Long Beach on Election Day to visit the Long Beach Unit before heading over to Catalina Island the next day for a three-day Marine Institute science camp.
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FresnoStateNews.com
October 24, 2008
Motorola funds Fresno State MESA Saturday Academies

The Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Schools Program at California State University, Fresno has received a $60,000 Innovation Generation Grant from the Motorola Foundation for its MESA Saturday Academies, which begin Oct. 25.
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UC Riverside Press Release
October 24, 2008
Traveling Space Museum Lands at UC Riverside

Middle and high school students can explore science as well as their futures in higher education when the Traveling Space Museum lands on the UC Riverside campus Saturday, Nov. 8 from 8 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

The annual free event, sponsored by UCR Graduate School of Education’s Copernicus Project, is a collaborative effort with UCR’s Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) School Programs and the Boy’s & Girl’s Clubs of San Bernardino and Rialto, and Strategies for Understanding College and Careers in Engineering and Science (SUCCES).
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CSU Sacramento
State Hornet
October 10, 2008
A day in the life of an engineer

The Math Engineering Science Achievement Engineering and Computer Science Program put together a four day event called "A Day In the Life" that brought professional engineers together with students to discuss challenges in reaching engineering jobs.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
October 10, 2008
Community Colleges Seen as Source of Engineers

Engineers in America are too scarce and too white. That complaint comes from corporate chieftains and education leaders alike, who see those shortfalls as a virtual guarantee that jobs and innovation will head overseas. Now many are looking to remedies to both problems from an unsung source: community colleges.
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Career Focus Magazine
Ventura Community College District
Fall 2008
MESA: Math and science majors have a home at VC

"Math is a problem-solving process--you identify the problem, you know what tools you have, and you apply those tools to solve the problem." says Ventura College 2006 grad Michael Nava.

One of Michael's best Ventura College experiences was with MESA.
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California State Board of Education
September 12, 2008
State Board of Education Recognizes Mendota Students Place First In National Engineering Competition

The State Board of Education(SBE) recognized a student team from the rural community of Mendota who took first place in a national engineering design competition.

McCabe Junior High School students Adelmo Alvarado, Edgar Juarez, Francisco Torres and Angel Hernandez beat teams from across the country to win first place in the junior high school division of the competition, which was sponsored by the Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) program.
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PBS&J
August 15, 2008
PBS&J supports San Diego State University MESA Engineering Program

With the goal of engaging potential leaders in professional development activities, PBS&J recently granted a $5,000 contribution to the Math, Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA) Program of San Diego State University (SDSU) in support of MESA’s annual Leadership Summit. Funding was provided through The PBSJ Foundation, Inc.
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Orange County Register
August 8, 2008
Science and math group names Santa Ana teacher as top educator

Santa Ana Mendez Fundamental Intermediate teacher Lizette Cabrera has been named as the Outstanding Middle School Educator of the Year by a state group aimed at promoting math and science.

Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement, or MESA, honored Cabrera for her work in assisting low-income and minority students to excel in math and science.
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Santa Ana Unified School District
August 7, 2008
Santa Ana teacher wins educator award

Lizette Cabrera, a teacher at Mendez Fundamental Intermediate in Santa Ana, received the outstanding middle school educator of the year award from an acclaimed statewide math and science program.

Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) honored Cabrera for her outstanding work in assisting educationally disadvantaged students to excel in math and science.
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Contra Costa Times
August 2, 2008
State's science, math teachers honing skills in San Ramon

About 300 teachers from low-performing schools throughout the state are spending the weekend in San Ramon, learning how to foster an interest in math and science among their students.

The MESA Academy for Science and Mathematics Educators is being held at AT&T's regional headquarters. It started Friday and continues through Sunday, offering more than 50 workshops for attendees.
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Santa Barbara/Goleta Noozhawk
July 22, 2008
Santa Barbara Police Chief honors summer academy graduates

Young scholars of the College Readiness Academy were honored Tuesday afternoon at Casa de la Raza by Santa Barbara Police Chief Cam Sanchez.

Funded and staffed entirely by the Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement program at UCSB, CRA’s intensive five-week curriculum is focused on building math and science skills for students entering eighth and ninth grades.
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California Dept. of Education
July 17, 2008
State Schools Chief Jack O'Connell honors 4 student winners of a national math, engineering, science competition

MENDOTA — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell today congratulated four students from Mendota (Fresno County) for winning the junior high school division of the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) national competition last month in College Park, Maryland. O'Connell noted their accomplishments at a ceremony and dinner held in their honor at Mendota High School.
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Inside CSU Fullerton
July 8, 2008
High School Engineers Place Nationally -- Again
CSUF MESA-Sponsored Team Grabs Third Place in Baltimore

For the second year in a row, a team of young high school engineers from California State University, Fullerton's Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement Program battled through several regional MESA engineering design competitions to represent California in the nationals, where they placed third.
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Fresno Bee
June 16, 2008
Mendota students go national with catapult

The engineering project of four junior high students has launched them -- literally -- into a national competition in Baltimore.

The McCabe Junior High School students designed and built their state championship multitasking trebuchet, which is similar to a catapult. They will display their trebuchet when they compete at the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement national finals Friday and Saturday.
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Fresno State News
June 13, 2008
Mendota junior high students head to national engineering competition

A team from McCabe Junior High School in the small farmworker community of Mendota that beat tough competition in recent state runoffs at California State University, Fresno, will represent California in national engineering design competition.

Students Adelmo Alvarado, Edgar Juarez, Francisco Torres and Angel Hernandez will be in Baltimore, Md., on June 20-21 for the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) National Finals.
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The Vacaville Reporter
June 13, 2008
Science draws them in
MESA Academy students explore superconductivity

With cool white vapors of liquid nitrogen spilling across the lab table, a group wearing white laboratory coats and goggles gathered around to watch Robert Payawal make a magnet float in mid air.

The lab coats were worn by eight Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement students at Solano Community College taking part in a weeklong academy aimed at uncovering the mystery behind super- conductivity and magnetics.
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