Engagement Opportunities
Semester-long and year-long opportunities:
Category | Name | Topic | Skills/ Notes | Time Commitment | Primary Contact and Email | Affiliation/ Connections | Dates Active |
Penn Partner Sponsored | Moelis Access Science | Math, Science | Tutoring Ability, Flexibility with subject in STEM | Largely self-regulated, come when you can | Richard Carter; carterri@sas.upenn.edu | Netter Center STEM Activity Access Engineering, USABE, NSBE, SWE, SHPE | During the school year |
Penn Partner Sponsored | Pipeline Program for Public Health | Public health, anatomy, biology | Tutoring, mentorship | 5 – 10 hours/week | Richard Carter; carterri@sas.upenn.edu | Netter Center STEM Activity | Year round |
Penn Partner Sponsored | Netter Center Evaluation Team | Data science, statistics | programming, dealing with “real world”/messy data | Flexible; 5hrs/week | Katey Givan; givan@seas.upenn.edu | Netter Center STEM Activity WICS, CS | Year round |
Penn Parter Sponsored | Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative | Nutrition, public health | Bureaucratic navigation (SNAP benefits, etc), teaching | Evening hours; largely self-regulated | Katey Givan; givan@seas.upenn.edu | Netter Center | Year round |
Student Organization Led | Access Engineering Lessons | Weekly Engineering Lessons | Open to members of the organization only. Teach West Philadelphia high school students through interactive labs | 3 hours/ week | Jocelyn Chin; jocechin@seas.upenn.edu | Year round | |
Student Organizations Led | Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) | Mentorship | Open to Latinx students in STEM. Mentor Middle and High School students | 4 hours / 2-4 times a semester | Isabel Gutierrez; isabelmg@seas.upenn.edu | Semesterly | |
Penn Engineering Sponsored | S.T.R.E.A.M Engine | Mentorship; Weekly Lessions | Open to any Penn Engineering Student. | 1-2 hours / week | Register Here
Register no later than October 15, 2021 |
Semesterly | |
Penn Engineering Sponsored | TechCore2 | Team Teach Coding class; Mentorship | Open to any Penn Engineering Student.
Team teaching a coding class. Orientation required |
Afterschool Program Monday – Thursday
3-6 hours/ week
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Register Here
Register no later than October 15, 2021 Looking for three (3) volunteers. Click here for details on this role Note: Clearances Required – PESTLE will assist in aquiring |
Overbrook H.S.
TechCore2 Penn Engineering |
Semesterly |
One-time Events
Category | Name | Topic | Skills/ Notes | Time Commitment | Primary Contact and Email | Possible Connections | Dates Active |
Philadelphia Service Opportunity | Friends of Schuylkill River Park | Love Your Park Day – Fall Service Day | Clean up the park, removing weeks, and possibly plating trees.
Must Register |
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (3 hours) | Register Here: | Philadelphia Community Interest | November 13, 2021 |
Netter STEM Activities | Moelis Access Science | Math, Science | Tutoring Ability, Flexibility with subject in STEM | Largely self-regulated, come when you can | Richard Carter; carterri@sas.upenn.edu | Netter Center STEM Activity
Access Engineering, USABE, NSBE, SWE, SHPE |
During the school year |
Student Organization Led | Alpha Omega Epsilon | Cards for Ronald McDonald House | Students design and write encouraging notes on handmade cards to benefitting families in residence and those joining.
Open to members of the oganization only |
2 hours | Erika Ravitch; eravitch@sas.upenn.edu | Once a semester | |
Student Organization Led | Penn Society of Women Engineers | Girls in Engineering and Related Sciences (GEARS) Day. High school girls to learn about engineering. | Penn student volunteers are needed to help facilitate the event, whether in person and virtual. | Full Day (6-8 hours) | Olivia Unger; oliviau@seas.upenn.edu | Once a year | |
Student Organization Led | Penn Society of Women Engineers | High School Shadowing Day | Mentorship.
Open to Penn Engineering Undergrads only.
High school girls in the surrounding Philly area shadow a woman engineering student for half a day to see what engineering school and life is all about. |
4 hours | Olivia Unger; oliviau@seas.upenn.edu | Once a year | |
Student Organization Led | Theta Tau | MANNA (Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance) Volunteering | Open to members of the organization and others that want to volunteer.
Volunteers complete tasks such as chopping vegetables, cooking and baking, prepping and packaging, delivering meals to clients, and providing assistance with MANNA’s events and community outreach. |
Volunteer for 3 hours shifts | Amy Guo ; amyguo@seas.upenn.edu | Once a semester |