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18 | THEPRESS.NET COMMUNITY NOVEMBER 8, 2013
Keynote Speaker: Lt. Col. David Cooper USMCRSpecial Remarks: Doug Hardcastle, U.S. Army Veteran
Monday, Nov. 11, 2013Civic Center Plaza
3231 Main St., Oakley11:00am
Featuring Local Artists
Except November 11 & 15
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Los Medanos College (LMC) a fi ve-year, NSF S-STEM grant of $625,611 to support the college’s efforts to establish an LMC STEM (Science, Tech-nology, Engineering and Math Achieve-ment) Scholars Program. This program will provide scholarships and support services for academically talented and low-income STEM students.
An LMC STEM student is defi ned as a student who is pursuing an Associate of Science degree or Bachelor of Science trans-fer path, majoring in one or more of the following calculus-based STEM programs: Biological Sciences, Computer Sciences, En-gineering, Mathematical Sciences or Physical Sciences.
The grant will help support some of LMC’s program objectives focusing on STEM major success, completion and transfer rates.
These include: • Increasing the proportion of Latino and African American STEM majors who meet their degree and transfer goals to more closely match the equivalent success rates of those ethnic populations across disciplines at LMC. • Providing robust programmatic infrastruc-ture to ensure increasing success rates within the STEM Scholars Cohort.• Expanding and enriching learning and career placement opportunities by requir-ing STEM Scholars to participate in rela-tionship-building activities with industry partners (career exploration, job shadow-ing, mentorships, internships and research activities).
For more information about the STEM Scholars Program, visit www.losmedanos.edu/stem or contact Carol Hernandez at 925-439-2181, ext. 3437.
LMC awarded grant to support scholars
The Brentwood Concert Band presents “A Veterans Day Musical Salute” Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Brentwood Community Center, 35 Oak St., from 7 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $10.
The performance will include patriot-ic music such as “Armed Forces: The Pride of America” and fun songs like “Sinatra In Concert.” The Brentwood Flute Choir will also perform.
Guest conductor John Maltester, win-ner of the Contra Costa County Region-al Arts Council award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, will conduct three pieces. Guest vocalist Bart Schneider, drama director at Edna Hill Middle School, will also perform.
For more information, visit www.brentwoodconcertband.com
Concert band honors vets
