MESA Services Offered - Crafton Hills College

Professional Development

  • We host a variety of skillshops designed to help MESA students’ professional development, including skillshops for resume and CV writing, creating a research poster, and REU informational presentations.
  • We strive to provide the opportunity for MESA students to attend conferences aimed at student professional development such as
    • MESA Student Leadership Retreat
    • SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanic and Native Americans in Science)
    • SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers)
    • And more!
  • MESA students are given the opportunity to tour professional work sites (such as our local GIS mapping industry leader, ESRI) and university campuses (such as CSUSB, UCR, Cal Poly Pomona, and others)

Academic Enrichment

  • SI sessions, study groups, and support sessions are held in the STEM Center throughout the year.
  • Academic Excellence Workshops: various faculty-led workshops are held in the STEM Center every semester
  • Summer research opportunities

Counseling & Mentorship

  • MESA students are required to meet with the STEM counselor to develop and maintain and ed plan every semester,
  • Additionally, MESA students are required to meet with the MESA director at least once per semester for coaching, support, and guidance.