New pictures, in progress, here are the first 20... Leadership Retreat 2008

Cabrillo MESA Photo Scrapbook

Welcome to the MESA center's photo image scrapbook! This collection represents a variety of MESA center events as well as day-to-day life at the MESA lab. The links below will take you to thumbnail galleries which you may browse at your leisure.

 MESA Leadership Retreat

Every spring for the past several years, a student leadership retreat has been held over a weekend where MESA students from all over the state of California come and stay to begin forming networks and rededicate themselves to the academic and life goals that they have made. Fun, scientific content and challenge are combined in a beautiful natural setting. Please select a gallery from the following links.

 

View the MESA Leadership Retreat Galleries 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2007

 CAMP/ MESA

This residential science fellowship program has been available to MESA students from all of the community college programs every year since 1996. For two weeks, 25-30 community college MESA students from all over the state come to UC Santa Cruz to stay and participate in an intensive research-directed curriculum in physical science, life science or computer science. The program has been made possible with grant funds from UC Santa Cruz Chapter of CAMP, the California Alliance for Minority Participation, and through a partnership with Cabrillo's MESA Program and the MEP Program from UC Santa Cruz. Students rave about their experiences at CAMP/MESA.

Also the BASTAR program sponsers two summer series, see www.bastaronline.com for more info -- the B Star session followed the next year by the more advanced A Star session. Please select a gallery from the following links.

View the Camp MESA Galleries 1998 1999 2000 BAStar 2004 BAStar 2005 AStar2005

 Field Trips

During the school year, especially when class may not be in session, field trips are scheduled to various transfer universities, research facilities, industry sites and science museums so MESA students can gain more insight into their career choices and the associated demands and rewards. These trips are often invaluable for students who often come back inspired and reinvigorated for their courses of study. Please select a gallery from the following links.

 

 

View the Field Trip Galleries 1998 1999 2000 SLO2006 UCDavisF06

 End-of-Semester Celebration

At the end of every semester, some kind of ceremony is planned to recognize those students who may be transferring and to recognize also another semester of progress and learning for all students. This is when stipends are awarded to those MESA students who have faithfully attended an Academic Excellence Workshop sequence and to hear from MESA alumni who report back on their own experiences after transfer, graduation and employment. Please select a gallery from the following links.

 

View the End-of-Semester Celebration Galleries 1998 1999 2000 Spring 2006 Holiday 2006

 Study Center

Room 714 on the Cabrillo College campus is home to a special brand of academic and social life. Many MESA members and friends of MESA make our study center a home away from home. It is chock full of resources for the aspiring science transfer student; books, software and computer equipment, state-of-the-art tutors and, of course, the Academic Excellence Workshops.

View the Study Center Galleries 2000 2006