S.P.A.N
SPAN (Stevenson Professional and Academic Network)
SPAN helps students make connections with alumni, local professionals and non-profits, academic researchers, and fellow Stevensonians. SPAN helps students develop cross-generational relationships on campus and beyond, through a speaker series, networking and professional development opportunities, and internships.
In the spring, SPAN offers research apprenticeships that pair Stevenson students with UCSC faculty. Selected students work up to 80 hours throughout the remainder of the academic year as paid research apprentices on a project related to the faculty member's research. Students are provided with research experience and professional development. Tasks vary depending on the academic discipline involved and the nature of the research project. Faculty participants provide students with academic and professional guidance, advice about the process of applying to graduate schools, and serve as their mentors. Consider attending one of the faculty lunches to learn more.
2024 apprenticeships TBD
Application here. Due by: 3/17/2023
Speaker Series: please sign up for one of the upcoming lunches at the Stevenson Provost House. These events will all be held 1-2pm and a free lunch will be served.
- Thursday, March 9th: Professor Kathleen Gutiérrez, History, (Research Fields: Philippine history, science and technology studies, Southeast Asian studies, history of botany; community-driven public history) Site: https://humanities.
ucsc.edu/academics/faculty/ index.php?uid=kgutie20 RSVP here - Tuesday, March 14th:Professor Jeremy Sanford, MCD Biology (Research fields:RNA, mammalian gene expression),Site: https://mcd.ucsc.edu/
faculty/sanford.html RSVP here - Provost Matt O’Hara, History (Research Fields: Latin America, Mexico, religion, politics, history of medicine), https://history.ucsc.edu/about/admins.php?uid=mdohara is sponsoring a research apprenticeship too. He'll be hosting the lunches, so you can attend any date to hear a bit about his current projects.
Please note: you must be logged into your @ucsc.edu Google Drive to submit forms.
Questions about the program? Email the Stevenson College Academic Manager at mmontgom@ucsc.edu