Javon West is a CURE Scholar and rising 9th grader attending Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in the fall.
Q: What are you looking forward to most in high school?
"The main thing I want to achieve is to keep on learning. Once I go to high school I want to go to college to continue my education."
March 25, 2020
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, our 115 UMB CURE Scholars and their families are experiencing acute hardships.
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June 8, 2020
As the end of the school year approaches, students and teachers around the world are still coming to grips with distance learning, home assignments, and virtual classrooms. The stay-at-home orders put in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic have turned public education completely on its head, and teachers, students, and parents are working to adapt.
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August 17, 2020
UMB CURE was honored with a 2020 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. The award recognizes colleges and universities that encourage and assist students from under-represented groups to enter the STEM fields. UMB and 49 other recipients are featured in the magazine’s September issue.
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August 20, 2020
After logging into the video conferencing site Google Classroom, TaShara Bailey, PhD, MA, the STEM curriculum director and director of programs for the UMB CURE Scholars Program, smiled into her web camera and said, “OK, scholars, let’s turn on our cameras so we can say ‘hello.’ ” And with that, her computer screen lit up with video boxes showing the faces of several dozen middle school students ready for a day of virtual summer fun.
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