MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) California Community College Program (CCCP) is an academic preparation program that assists California community colleges’ educationally disadvantaged students to succeed in math, science, and engineering so they can transfer to four-year colleges or universities and attain four-year degrees in math, engineering, and science fields. For other college contacts, go to the NVC Directory.
The MESA model for success includes a variety of services that results in a high rate of academic achievement. Elements of the MESA model include:
- Individual Academic Plans
- Academic Excellence Workshops
- Academic and career counseling
- Collaborative learning techniques and study skills
- Clustering of students in classes to enhance collaborative study
- Field trips to industry sites and university campuses
- Leadership development and conference
The MESA California College Program is an academic program that supports educationally disadvantaged community college students to excel in math, engineering, and science so they can transfer to four-year colleges or universities as majors in these fields.
The main components of the MESA CCCP include:
- Student Study Center, a dedicated multipurpose space for study, workshops, and information sharing
- Academic Excellence Workshops where students are scheduled in math and science core classes and taught how to maintain high academic outcomes through group study
- Orientation courses that teach college survival skills to incoming students majoring in math, engineering and science
- Assistance in the transfer process including field trips to universities, workshops on applications, and counseling
- Career advising to introduce work options to students. Field trips, job fair information, job shadowing exercises and industry mentors are available to students
Who is eligible to participate in MESA?
Educationally disadvantaged students are eligible for the program. Educational disadvantages include factors such as economic status, educational environment, family and home circumstances. MESA serves as many of the state’s educationally disadvantaged students as the program’s resources allow. MESA focuses, to the extent allowed by law, on students from groups with low rates of college eligibility.
What must students do to stay in MESA?
Students must participate in MESA activities; including enrolling in college prerequisite classes.
Who are some of the companies involved with MESA?
Over 200 companies are partners with MESA throughout the state, including Pacific Bell, Lucent Technologies, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Chevron, and Pacific Bell.
Non-MESA Program Qualifiers:
For all those student who aren’t in or don’t qualify for the MESA program, for whatever reason, are still invited to take part in many of MESA’s activities and academic opportunities offered to MESA participants. Some of these activities include access to the MESA/Campus computer lab, free tutoring, and other semester activities. In addition, MESA would like to also invite any NVC college student to join the MESA Club regardless of major or membership within the MESA program; this club is open to all NVC students and is a way to allow other students to participate and stay informed about MESA activities.
For more information please call MESA and speak to either Jose Hernandez or Rene Rubio
Center Hours of Operation: 8:00 am- 6:00 pm
Located in the Basement of the 1800 Building
MESA Brochure.pdf
Intro to MESA PowerPoint Presentation
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