{"id":3687,"date":"2025-06-18T22:25:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T22:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/drpp\/?page_id=3687"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:39:16","slug":"mi-lsamp-evaluation-findings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/mi-lsamp-evaluation-findings\/","title":{"rendered":"MI-LSAMP Evaluation Findings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Quotes<\/strong> <strong>from 2023 NxtGEN\/LSAMP participants&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Builds Confidence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI didn\u2019t think I was smart enough for STEM &#8211; at school &#8211; I felt a kind of \u2018Imposter<br \/>syndrome\u2019\u201d in STEM classes\u201d \u2013 the LSAMP program has made me much more<br \/>confident \u2013 and successful\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Provides Mentorship and Community<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2026I think it was the idea of a community, even though it was online. I still have my<br \/>mentor that goes (to school) here that keeps me focused, every week we talk and she<br \/>has become one of my friends and part of my community\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Acts as a Support System<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe community, joining a community of like-minded people, with the same pathways &#8211;<br \/>was very supportive \u2026during the pandemic I felt disconnected, especially from STEM, I<br \/>felt I needed to join a community\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Variety of Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c \u2026getting involved with the conferences, and the meetings I guess because [of] it, it<br \/>makes me feel that, you know I&#8217;m not alone. We all have something going on in our<br \/>lives that may prevent us from doing STEM further. It\u2019s like leveling the ground. And [I]<br \/>identify with like-minded students\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Figure 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/03\/Most-valuable-parts-of-NxtGEN-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/drpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/schlolars-gather-2025-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/drpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/nxt-gen-branding-1024x353.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/drpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/audience-engaged-2025-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Figure 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/03\/Suggestions-for-improving-NxtGEN-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/04\/Changes-Because-of-NxtGen.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/drpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/mi-lsamp-united-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quotes from 2023 NxtGEN\/LSAMP participants&nbsp; Builds Confidence \u201cI didn\u2019t think I was smart enough for STEM &#8211; at school &#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-pagebuilder-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3687","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3687"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4663,"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3687\/revisions\/4663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/pass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}