“This program made me sure of what I want to do.” “I learned that math is needed for everything,” said Mena Mansour, 15, of Jersey City, a high school junior, who said she wants to become a doctor. The students introduced themselves and named their future career plans – forensic scientist, software engineer, police officer, pediatrician, professional kickboxer and more. “In the future, these students will reflect on this as a really positive experience.” “Our nation relies on STEM, so it’s important we engage young people in this content,” said Stanley Mierzwa, managing assistant director and lecturer, at Kean’s Center for Cybersecurity, who took part in the program. They took field trips to Newark Liberty International Airport, Liberty Science Center and the Skylands campus in Jefferson Township, and worked with Kean students as their mentors. The students learned about the topic of supply chain by doing a Lego building project exercise and talked about architectural design with the architect of buildings at the Kean Skylands campus. What better way to start than with students.” “The Port Authority needs to get people engaged and interested in what we do. “We support the regional and local economy,” said Jenny Davis, chief of intergovernmental affairs at the Port Authority.
“These students are rising stars,” said Union County Commissioner Al Mirabella, member of the Wenzhou-Kean University Board of Trustees, who delivered welcome remarks.įull STEaM Ahead was created by Port Authority, in collaboration with Kean, as a way to get students engaged and interested in the agency and its work. The program’s closing event, where students proudly shared posters showing what they did this summer in areas such as computer languages, forensics and more, was recently held at Kean’s Liberty Hall Academic Center. It might spark an interest you didn’t know you had,” said Jessica Goldsmith-Barzilay, executive director of the Center for International Studies at Kean, and a coordinator of the STEaM program. “This program was about beginning to think about careers and possibilities of what you might do in the future.
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