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LSAMP Goals, Objectives and Benefits

LSAMP at North Seattle College is one of three LSAMP chapters within the Puget Sound Alliance (PSAlliance). The overarching goal of the alliance is to increase Underrepresented Minority (URM) achievement in STEM fields. North Seattle College is perfectly positioned within the city of Seattle, a hub for science and innovation.

As an alliance, we aspire to contribute to the development of a STEM workforce that will bring diversity of thought, leadership, lived experiences and identities into this booming sphere of work.

Specifically, we are meeting this goal by:

  • Objective 1: Retention

    Empowering and resourcing students throughout their time in our STEM programs, especially at key transition points (entering college, procuring an internship/research opportunity, graduating, and transferring to a Bachelor’s program). Our retention objective also encompasses peer tutoring, advising, mentoring, college success workshops, and building a sense of community within STEM.

  • Objective 2: Nurturing a STEM identity

    STEM is multidimensional, interdisciplinary and multicultural. At LSAMP, we believe that there are numerous ways to BECOMING and BEING a scientist, an engineer, a mathematician etc. To this end, we are committed to exposing students to the wide array of careers and diversity of people in STEM. Representation matters, and the more students see themselves in STEM, the more their STEM identity is nurtured.

    We are meeting this objective by providing opportunities for students to participate in internships, internal and external research opportunities, conferences, career fairs and STEM workshops. We are also actively working to create mentorship relationships for our students.

  • Objective 3: Transfer


  • The PSAlliance is a Bridge 2 Baccalaureate program which means that we are committed to improving the enrollment, retention, completion and transfer rates of underrepresented students into STEM bachelor’s programs.

    We are meeting this objective through university visits, participation in university research symposia, transfer workshops and research experiences for undergraduates (REUs).

  • Objective 4: Research

    Research has shown that underrepresented students in STEM that participate in Undergraduate Research Experiences (UREs) are 17.4% more likely to persist to graduation. Not only does involvement in research reinforce students’ perception of themselves as scientists and engineers, it also allows students to see the practical significance of the theory they learn in their classes.

    We are meeting this objective by providing opportunities for students to participate in internships, internal and external research opportunities, and through our Undergraduate Research course (UGR 294), which is taught by Ann Murkowski, one of our STEM faculty.

    As an LSAMP scholar, you will have access to resources that will prepare you for the limitless possibilities of a career in STEM.

    LSAMP members gain access to the following:

    • LSAMP Academic Advising
    • Navigation and Referral Services to Campus and Community Resources
    • Paid STEM research opportunities, funding for conferences
    • STEM Scholarship and Internship announcements
    • Peer and STEM Faculty Mentorship Opportunities
    • Cohort meetings, webinars, field trips, and networking events
    • Access to the LSAMP Lounge (HS-2535A, 9-3PM M-Th)
    • An energetic and diverse community of STEM students at North Seattle College, across the Puget Sound, and among other LSAMP Alliances.