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Summer Bridge

Summer Bridge and BLAST, programs offered and hosted by the Artis College of Science and Technology, consist of a series of outreach programs to young adults interested in STEM. 

rocket launch at Summer Bridge
  • Building Leaders for Advancing Science and Technology, BLAST, is a FREE program designed to help Virginia 8th and 9th-grade students find their place in STEM. Participants spend three days at a college dorm doing hands-on STEM activities.

  • Women in STEM is a week-long residential experience for rising sophomore, junior, and senior high school students interested in science, technology, and mathematics while working to engage more women in STEM fields.