Meet Skyline College’s 2016 Base 11 Fellows

Meet Skyline College’s 2016 Base 11 Fellows

This summer, five Skyline College students participated in Base 11’s fellowship program. They did research at some of the nation’s most prestigious institutions — and got paid for it! Alex Hercules spent the summer at the University of California,...
Lessons Learned: Hands-on Summer Engineering Experience

Lessons Learned: Hands-on Summer Engineering Experience

Grossmont College student Thong Vo earned a spot as one of Base 11’s paid fellows at UCI’s Samueli School of Engineering this summer. He lived on campus, received mentorship from an engineering grad student, and worked on a team with other community college students...
Peer to Peer: 8 Tips for Women Pursuing a Degree in STEM

Peer to Peer: 8 Tips for Women Pursuing a Degree in STEM

By Alina Rai, Base 11 Fellow As a woman, you may find yourself in a tough position being among a relatively small number of women pursuing a STEM degree. Women earned only 19.3% of bachelor’s degrees in engineering in 2013, according to the National Science Board...
Meet Orange Coast College’s 2016 Base 11 Fellows

Meet Orange Coast College’s 2016 Base 11 Fellows

This summer, two Orange Coast College students participated in Base 11’s fellowship program. Fakhirah Mohd Khairuddin spent two months at UC Irvine’s Samueli School of Engineering, working on a team designing and building a working drone, under the...
Meet East LA College’s 2016 Base 11 Fellows

Meet East LA College’s 2016 Base 11 Fellows

This summer, two East Los Angeles College students participated in Base 11’s fellowship program. Francisco Gomez and Philip Chan spent the summer at the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering, where they...