Program
The PATHways to STEM (PATHS) through Enhanced Access and Mentorship Program proposes an innovative program model to establish an infrastructure of resources support, and for scholars in STEM. PATHS is a four year undergraduate program designed to provide enhanced access to targeted academic preparation, multi-tiered mentorship, personalized student support, STEM scholar identity development, early career identification, and summer research program or internship placement. This program aims to promote excellence in STEM so that scholars may emerge as leaders who not only survive but thrive during their undergraduate experience in UC San Diego and well beyond.
The 3C's Doctrine
The high level of commitment expected of all PATHS Scholars is articulated in the PATHS 3C's Doctrine. As a replication of the highly successful Meyerhoff Scholars Program at University of Maryland Baltimore County, the PATHS Program's vision, strategy, and programmatic operations and infrastructure all stem from a philosophical culture based on trust, commitment, accountability, and the collaborative pursuit of excellence.
Commitment to Character
How are you listening to yourself?
- Personal wellness
- Personal identity
- Leadership and integrity
- Personal vision and action plan
Commitment to Community
How are you listening to others?
- Identifying your communities/families
- Leveraging your assets and opportunities
- Understanding your accountability to others
- Self-preservation through adaptive leadership
Commitment to Culture
How are you listening broadly?
- Understanding the bigger picture
- Engaging, honoring, and/or challenging the thresholds of culture
- Your plan: building, leveraging, tying it all together
- Keeping Character and Community at the forefront