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April 16, 2012

2011-2012 AY Scholarship Recipients

Program Overview

The Physical Science and Mathematics Scholarship (PSM-Scholarship) program at California State University, Long Beach is sponsored by a grant from the National Science Foundation (DUE # 0966039) that provides need-based scholarships to declared BS-track undergraduate students from the departments of Physics & Astronomy, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Mathematics and Statistics, and Geological Sciences. The purpose of the PSM-Scholarship program is to improve the retention and graduation rates and to prepare students to enter STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce or graduate study. Our goal is to develop a cohort that will be a part of the college-wide learning community and be a student leader in the respective department. The program has two sub-programs: the PSMS-Starters and PSMS-Scholars.

PSMS-STARTERS

The Starters program is designed for students early in their college career and the activities are designed to develop a community of learning with the goal of creating a supportive environment in which students develop good study habits, build a solid academic foundation, and establish stronger ties with the campus community.

PSMS-SCHOLARS

2011-2012 AY Scholarship Recipients

The Scholars program is for advanced students who are taking upper division courses within their respective majors. The objectives of the program are to prepare a highly-skilled workforce for government and industry or for a graduate-level education.

Each sub-program selects 3 incoming students per year (supporting 12 students in any given year except for the first year), and the scholarship amount is determined by the individual's financial need with an average amount of $6,400 per year. Participants can receive the scholarship for two years in each sub-program and the PSMS-Starters can continue to the PSMS-Scholars program provided that they meet the retention criteria. See the retention criteria for the PSMS-Scholars page for more details.

News

  1. 2012 Spring mixer took place on April 15, 2012 at Professor Chang's residence. Many people brought dishes to share. We all had a wonderful time talking about school and whatnot.

    getting food Leo and Brandon sit around and talk group photo, 15 people in attendance

  2. Chemistry Scholar Matt Chagnon was accepted to the 2012 Radiochemistry Fuel Cycle Summer School at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Congratulations to Matt!
  3. Mathematics Starter Leonardo Palomera was accepted to the 2012 Rice University Summer Institute of Statistics (RUSIS)). Congratulations to Leo!
  4. Mathematics scholars Victoria Marsh and Lindsey Skelton along with Mathematics starters Ernesto Ibarra and Leonardo Palomera participated in the 7th annual Pacific Coast Undergraduate Mathematics Conference at Cal Poly Pomona on March 10, 2012.

    2012-2013 psms starters and scholars participated in the pacific coast undergraduate mathematics conference at Cal Poly Pomona on March 10, 2012

  5. The faculty advisers presented a poster at the 4th Annual College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Faculty Research Symposium at CSULB on March 2, 2012 to advertise the program.
  6. Mathematics scholar Victoria Marsh (Left) received honorable mention at the 2012 CSULB Student Research Competiton on February 24, 2012.

    7. Victoria Marsh and Marilyn Vazquez receiving honorable mentions at the 2012 CSULB student research competiton

  7. Family members and friends came to celebrate and honor the achievements of our 2011-2012 scholarship recipients in the fall mixer on Friday, October 21 in the Anatol Center. With nearly 40 particiants in attendance, the event was a huge success. Family and friends are such an integral part of our students' success, we are lucky to have connected with them on this special day and thankful for their continuing support for the students.

    family members, student recipients, and faculty members attended the 2012 fall mixer.

  8. PSMS-scholars Brandon Hessler (physics, left below), Victoria Marsh (math, middle below), and Matthew Chagnon (chemistry, right below) presented in the 2011 CNSM Student Research Symposium.

    Brandon Hessler presenting her poster at 2011 CNSM Student Research Symposium Victoria Marsh presenting her poster at 2011 CNSM Student Research Symposium Matt Chagnon presenting her poster at 2011 CNSM Student Research Symposium

    Matt Chagnon, ``Temperature Dependence of the Dark Reaction Between Chloramines and Hydrogen Peroxide.'' Brandon, ``Nanoscale Near-Field Spectroscopic Imaging of Bowties in the Visible and Infrared Frequencies.'' Victoria, ``Optimization of Chemistry Reaction Kinetic Parameters through Numerical Analysis Programming.''