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STEMCAP outlines eight years of STEM and arts workshops for justice-impacted youth; contract renewal to appear on consent calendar
Summary
Representatives from the University of Utah’s STEM Community Alliance, known as STEMCAP, presented to the Utah State Board of Education on the program’s multi-year STEM and arts work with justice-impacted youth and said the board will see a contract-renewal request on the consent calendar before the end of the fiscal year.
Representatives from the University of Utah’s STEM Community Alliance, known as STEMCAP, presented the program’s work to the Utah State Board of Education during the board’s November meeting and described a mix of science, art and career-readiness programming for justice-impacted youth.
"Our vision is to provide high quality science arts classes, workshops, and mentorship opportunities to justice impacted youth in Utah," said Andy Eisen, director of prison education at the University of Utah.
STEMCAP leaders told the board the program began in 2016 and has delivered more than 750 workshops to youth in custody centers across Utah. They said more than 200 university and community scientists have provided workshops and that the program ran more than 230 workshops inside youth facilities in the most recent…
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