High School Programs

Chief Science Officers

What’s better than experiencing a STEM opportunity? Bringing it to your peers and changing your community! Be the voice of STEM in your school by becoming a Chief Science Officer. As a CSO, you will attend a Leadership Training Institute to increase your networking, verbal and written communication, and team building skills. CSOs also participate in cabinet meetings throughout the year and implement a STEM action plan to impact their school or community.

Program Timeline

Spring: School registration / CSO election

August: Leadership Training at SVSU

October: Cabinet Meeting at a local STEM Business

October - April: STEM Action Plan Implementation

March: Cabinet Meeting at a local STEM Business

May: CSO Celebration

Teen Science Café

Teen Science Café events allow teens and STEM professionals to engage in meaningful conversations and explore advances in science and technology. These events are open to any student in 6th - 12th grade in the Great Lakes Bay Region (Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella, Midland, Saginaw counties), as well as Huron and Tuscola counties.

Teen Science Cafes are always Free, Fun, and have Food!

Herbert H. & Grace A. Dow STEM Scholars Network Summer Camps

Since 2015, these camps have brought academically talented students to campus for interactions with SVSU faculty and undergraduate students. 9th - 12th grade students from throughout the Great Lakes Bay Region engage in hands-on STEM experiences that expand their critical thinking and problem solving skills. Previous camps include Health Science and Kinesiology, Computer Science, Robotics and STEM Exploration.

Funding for this program has ended. We will update this site if/when future funding becomes available.

Teacher Assistant for Herbert H. & Grace A. Dow STEM Opportunity Camp

This is a paid position for high school and college students strong in math and who are eager to share their passion with younger students.

Application information available in April with program dates in July.

This program will not run in 2023.

Dow Science and Sustainability Education Center - Summer Research Opportunity

Students in 9th-11th grade previously conducted scientific research on the Saginaw Bay Watershed with SVSU faculty and undergraduate students.

Funding for this program has ended. We will update this site if/when future funding becomes available.