About
C6 LSAMP Project
The California Central Coast Community College Collaborative (C6) Alliance is an innovative, cross disciplinary, and multi institutional collaboration developed by STEM programs and leaders from eight community colleges: Allan Hancock College, Cabrillo College, Cuesta College, Monterey Peninsula College, Moorpark College, Oxnard College, Santa Barbara City College and Ventura College. The C6 Alliance is a National Science Foundation Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Bridge to the Baccalaureate project (NSF/LSAMP/B2B).
C6 LSAMP Goals
Two primary goals of the C6 alliances are to:
- Increase the success rates of underrepresented minority (URM) STEM students.
- Increase the number of C6 LSAMP students transferring to STEM degrees at 4-year universities.
Cuesta's LSAMP Goals
The Cuesta LSAMP program goals are to:
- Generate a sense of belonging in STEM.
- Create of a STEM community and peer network on campus.
LSAMP Program Benefits
The Cuesta LSAMP program provides the following various academic and non-academic support resources:
- Tutoring: Embedded tutors are placed in the following gateway courses Physics 208A, Chemistry 201A, Math 242 and Math 265A.
- Transfer support: In addition to providing transfer workshops, we also provide one on one support with all the steps of the transfer process.
- Scholarship and internship support: In addition to providing workshops on applying to scholarships and internships, we also provide one-on-one support in finding and applying to these types of opportunities.
- Research opportunities: In addition to guiding students to research opportunities, we also provide funding for on campus research internships.
- Social Support and Community: We have biweekly group luncheon gatherings on Friday afternoons. Check out the Current Events page for specific dates, times and location.
- Professional Development and Networking: The program provides opportunities to attend conferences and mentorship workshops which include industry partners.
- Non-academic support: In addition to workshops, we provide guidance to all basic needs resources at Cuesta.
C6 LSAMP is funded by the National Science Foundation, Award No. 2110112.
