On May 29th, current and prospective Oregon Pathways to Industry Research Careers (OPIRC) program students from Lane Community College (LCC), Umpqua Community College (UCC), and University of Oregon (UO) visited HP in Corvallis, Oregon. HP is a technology company that manufactures personal computing devices, traditional printers and state-of-the-art 3D printing systems.

Betsy Tanenbaum has been promoted to associate director of student success, inclusion, and alumni engagement at the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program (KCGIP).

In her new role, Tanenbaum, who previously served as senior manager of alumni & corporate engagement, will continue her impactful work as a leader of inclusion for KCGIP and the broader Knight Campus. Her impact will be amplified by taking on a leadership role on the student success team that will include supervision.

The Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program (KCGIP) has been awarded a Workforce Ready: Innovation in Workforce Programs Grant totaling $1,039,835 to support a pathway for low-income students to enter the high-tech and manufacturing sectors. Funding will expand the $4.3M NSF Oregon Pathways to Industry Research Careers program which supports students as they move from community college to UO for their baccalaureate and master's from the Knight Campus Internship Program. 

A Pipeline for STEM Students

When it comes to education and training for STEM careers after high school, not all students receive the support they need to succeed. A recently funded National Science Foundation grant hopes to remedy that for 64 low-income students in Oregon. 

After two years of being inspired and captivated over Zoom, students, alumni and company partners enthusiastically gathered in real life for the 6th Annual Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program Inclusion Symposium on August 26th. 

Thermo Fisher Scientific, a long-term partner of the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program, has committed $20,000/year over the next 5 years to support Inclusion & Diversity scholarships. The scholarships, which range from $500 to $5000, are awarded to students who have demonstrated a commitment to improving DEI or whose pursuit of a STEM degree has been impacted by facets of DEI.

The 2021 Genomics in Action conference, sponsored by the Bioinformatics Track of the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program, went virtual for the first time. The sixth annual event, held Jan. 27-29, set new records, attracting more than 200 participants and featuring new speakers.

The event featured 13 speakers from industry, academic, and government labs; a networking session; an alumni panel; virtual research poster session; and a workshop on how to become a power-user of the UCSC Genome Browser.