Lauren is enrolled in the Math and Science Scholars Program at the University of Michigan, where she has been studying Brain and Behavior. Lauren has been enjoying the class taught by her instructor Dr. Cummings, whose passion has made the course very engaging.

Charlie Du is attending the PROMYS Bridge Program at Boston University via remote Zoom sessions. The class of 60 students included many participants from last year’s program that Charlie was happy to meet again.

Elaina Xaio is enrolled in the Introduction to Programming Pre-Collegiate Studies course at Stanford University. Classes are held online via Zoom sessions and Elaina has been working with classmates from around the globe.

Maya Benyas is really enjoying her first week at the Berklee Boston Conservatory’s Film Scoring Program. She is one of approximately 100 students participating in the program. Maya describes the course as an “umbrella” program consisting of 3 tracks: Film Scoring 101, Music Composition for Film and TV, and Orchestration 1. Maya chose the “Music Composition for Film and TV” track.

Sophie attends Animation and Video Projects, plus Advanced Painting and Drawing at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Jason Qin has enrolled in Awesome Math’s Computational Geometry and Algebra 1.5 online courses. He has learned much during his first week and says that the courses have really broadened his perspective on math. The class schedule runs from Monday through Friday, with 2-hour lectures and 1-hour problem sessions hosted via Zoom.

Nine outstanding Carbondale Community High School (CCHS) students have earned merit-based scholarships from the Garwin Family Foundation (GFF) to attend highly selective enrichment programs in STEM and the Fine Arts.

Charlie Du reports on his summer enrichment experience at Boston University’s Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS).

Maya Benyas reports on her summer enrichment experience at Stanford Pre-Collegiate Summer Institutes.

Emily Jung reports on her summer experience at Stanford where she studied Cryptography. This is the second of her two programs underwritten by GFF.

Arkaprabha Kolay reports on his summer experience at the Math and Science Scholars program at the University of Michigan.

Emily Jung reports on her summer experience at the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung Foundation in Seoul, Korea. This is the first of her two programs underwritten by GFF.

Longmei Ge reports on her summer program experience in Marine Biology at Brown University.

Emily Jung begins her second GFF-sponsored summer experience at Stanford University where she will study cryptography.

Charlie Du arrives at Boston University to attend the Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS).

Arkaprabha Kolay, a rising CCHS sophomore, arrives at Michigan for its summer Michigan Math and Science Scholars program.

Maya Benyas has just settled into her dorm at Stanford and will be studying Physics this summer.