I wanted to share with you the following article that was published by the Utica Observer-Dispatch :

SUNY Poly received a grant from the New York Academy of Science that has been ongoing since spring 2013. The group of about eight mentors works with middle school students, and sometimes their siblings.

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="315"] Tina Russell / Observer-Dispatch | "This is awesome," Dau Chan, 11, said. "It's like a head start for me. I want to be an engineer." Chan, who is a Hughes Elementary School student, builds a Lego robot with the help of SUNY Poly graduate students Steve Morgan and Pradeep Kayithi. SUNY Poly students are mentoring students through a life science class.[/caption]

Dau Chan, 11, pieced together a Lego robot during an after school mentoring program.

“This is awesome,” he said, working with SUNY Polytechnic Institute graduate students Steve Morgan and Pradeep Kavithi. “It's like a head start for me. It's more engineering than science and math, and I want to be an engineer.”

Chan is a student at Utica's Hughes Elementary, one of the schools a small group of SUNY Poly students has been tutoring in science, technology, engineering and math fields.

“I like (the mentors),” Chan said. “I know that I'm not alone with doing this. We get the help when we need it.”

SUNY Poly received a grant from the New York Academy of Science that has been ongoing since spring 2013. The group of about eight mentors works with middle school students, and sometimes their siblings.

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Alissa Scott | Posted Mar. 22, 2015 at 8:15 PM