Science Educational Enhancement Services (SEES)

The success of SEES can be attributed  to its commitment to Content, Community, and Communication - the "3 C's".  SEES students who start as freshman have a retention rate 15% higher than under-represented students not in SEES, and have a similarly improved graduation rate.  Students who participate in the Academic Excellence Workshops - patterned after the University of California, Berkeley's Treisman model of merging rather than separating academic and social lives - perform at a higher level in introductory math, physics and chemistry classes: Almost 50% earn grades of A or B in courses for which the average GPA for all students is about 2.15. The SEES program graduates about 35 students/year, with about 20% going on to graduate or professional schools.  Since 1992, SEES has graduated more than 500 students who have gone on to earn 32 MDs, 7 DDSs, 20 PhDs and 61 MSs, as well as becoming credentialed K-12 and community college teachers.