HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Students from the University of Guam with Guam’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, known as EPSCOR, will represent the island at the 2023 conference of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science, or SACNAS, to be held during the last week of October in Portland, Oregon.
Known also as the largest multicultural science, technology, engineering and mathematics diversity program in the U.S., The SACNAS conference will provide students with research presentations, workshops and the opportunity to network with representatives from schools across the nation for research experience opportunities.
“Preparation for SACNAS is rooted in ensuring confidence, competence and excitement to represent our grants, our labs, our university and our island,” Sangueza said. “In our first SACNAS briefing, we did a meet-and-greet with the then 25 students to start that camaraderie and UOG Delegation mindset.”
Members of the students’ support systems, including family and friends, also attended the orientation sessions to bring excitement and focus to the students, according to Sangueza. “This was designed to continue generating the excitement and to share this great experience with families,” she said.
“We showed what SACNAS has to offer. We introduced the delegation and announced who are presenting, and we spoke more about travel expectations.”
The students representing Guam comprise four from the graduate research assistantship, five from the summer research experience and three from the summer math research programs.
The SACNAS chapter from UOG will also be honored during the conference with a SACNAS Chapter of the Year award.
