DAPCEP Alumni Profiles 2014 DAPCEP is an educa8onal organiza8on that provides state?of?the?art Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathema4cs and Medicine (STEMM) programming to underrepresented youth in metropolitan Detroit. DAPCEP partners with eight Michigan universi8es to develop and facilitate engaging curricula that are designed to increase the number of students who graduate from high school and pursue degrees in STEMM subjects. Programming targets youth Pre?Kindergarten through TwelJh grade. www.dapcep.org / 313?831?3050 / [email protected]Palms Building 2111 Woodward Ave Suite 506 Detroit, MI 48201
Stories of DAPCEP's impact on students in the Detroit Metropolitian Area. A testament to the program's success and value in the community. Locally and Nationally.
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TODAY: College of Wooster - Business & History, Pre-Law
“DAPCEP set a career path for me. All my courses were in science and
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would already be familiar with the topics we were learning. I went to a
ĐŽƵƉůĞƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐĂƚD^hĂŶĚƚŚĂƚƐǁŚĂƚŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞĚŵĞƚŽŐŽƚŚĞƌĞ because I met the professors and new people and felt really comfortable
ŽŶĐĂŵƉƵƐ/ŵŐŽŝŶŐƚŽD^hƚŽŐŽŝŶƚŽƉƌĞͲŵĞĚƚŽďĞĐŽŵĞĂ pathologist. My advice is: everything is worth it. There isn’t one
“The biggest thing to me was the brotherhood over the four years we
got to know each other in READY. Mr. Murphy pushed us and said, this is
the home stretch and we need to push forward and get into college. The
program was geared toward engineering, but the leadership aspect and
ƚŚĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶŵĂĚĞŵĞƌĞĂůŝnjĞƚŚĂƚ/ŵĂŐŽŽĚŵĂŶĂŐĞƌĂŶĚ/ĐĂŶůĞĂĚďLJĞdžĂŵƉůĞ/ǁŽƵůĚƐĂLJƚŽĐƵƌƌĞŶƚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐĚŽŶƚƐůĂĐŬŽīany year, because every single year in high school is a stepping stone. You
need to buckle down because college is a whole other level. The experiͲĞŶĐĞWWƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐͲŐŽŝŶŐƚŽĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚĐŽůůĞŐĞƐĂŶĚĚŽŝŶŐŚĂŶĚƐͲŽŶĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐͲĂůůŽǁƐLJŽƵƚŽůĞĂƌŶŝŶĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚǁĂLJƐƚŚĂŶũƵƐƚŝŶƐĐŚŽŽů
TIMOTHY MITCHELL BAILEYHIGH SCHOOL: tĞƐƚůŽŽŵĮĞůĚ
DAPCEP: ZzWƌŽũĞĐƚTODAY: Bowling Green University - Sports Management
“Becasue of DAPCEP I got to look into careers I may not have been
exposed to. READY has been a big impact on me, we have a brotherhood
and the program teaches you how to give back to the community. I was
ŽŶD^hƐĐĂŵƉƵƐĂŶĚƚŚĂƚŐĂǀĞŵĞƚŚĞĞdžƉŽƐƵƌĞƚŽƚŚĞĐĂŵƉƵƐ/ǁŽƵůĚŶĞǀĞƌŚĂǀĞŐŽƩĞŶĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJďĞĐĂƵƐĞ/ŐŽƚƚŽůŝǀĞƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌƚǁŽǁĞĞŬƐ/ŵŐŽŝŶŐƚŽŵĂũŽƌŝŶƚĞůĞĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐďĞĐĂƵƐĞ/ĂůǁĂLJƐŚĂĚƚŚĞdream to host a TV or radio show, and there’s engineering behind
“I wanted to become a pediatrician, but being exposed to engineering at
Ddh/ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ/ǁĂŶƚĞĚƚŽďĞďŝŽŵĞĚŝĐĂůĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌ /ǁŽƌŬĞĚŵĂŬŝŶŐĂƉƌŽƐƚŚĞƟĐŬŶĞĞĂŶĚ/ƌĞĂůůLJĞŶũŽLJĞĚĂŶĚƚŚĂƚ/ůŽǀĞŚĞůƉŝŶŐƉĞŽƉůĞ/ůŽǀĞƚŚĞŵĞĚŝĐĂůĮĞůĚďƵƚĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐĂŶĚŶŽǁďĞŝŶŐĂďůĞƚŽƉƵƚthem together in biomedical engineering is awesome. Before I was kind
of shy and being part of the program, I met my best friends and we keep
ŝŶƚŽƵĐŚ/ƚŚĞůƉĞĚŵLJĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞƚŽŽĂŶĚ/ĂůƐŽůĞĂƌŶĞĚŚŽǁƚŽŶĞƚǁŽƌŬI would say to other students, join the program! If you’re not interested
in science and math, DAPCEP will get you really interested and you’ll also
meet people who will help you in the long run.”
TIA GARRETTHIGH SCHOOL: hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJWƌĞƉĂƌĂƚŽƌLJĐĂĚĞŵLJ
DAPCEP: WhZ^WƌŽŐƌĂŵTODAY: Bowling Green State University - Biomedical Engineering
“When I was younger, I had a speech impediment that put me behind in
ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐŵĂƚŚĂŶĚƐĐŝĞŶĐĞdŚƌŽƵŐŚƚŚĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶĂƐƉĞĐƚŽĨƚŚĞprogram, DAPCEP released my anxiety of talking in front of people.
I joined DAPCEP and ever since then I’ve been at the top of my class.
It’s given me the opportunity to explore my curiosity, and it also opened
ŵĞƚŽĂďƵŶĐŚŽĨŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐͲ/ƚŽƵƌĞĚƐĞǀĞƌĂůƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚMichigan. I’m going to study mechanical engineering because I got to
play with machinery in DAPCEP and it was really fun.”
NINA McDANIELHIGH SCHOOL: ĂƐƐdĞĐŚ
DAPCEP: ĐĂĚĞŵLJŽĨzŽƵŶŐ^ĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐWhZ^Θ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJƐ;ŐƌĂĚĞƐϰͲϭϮͿ TODAY: University of Michigan-Dearborn - Mechanical Engineering
“DAPCEP got me out of my comfort zone and showed me how to conduct
ŵLJƐĞůĨŝŶďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐ/ŵĂĚĞĂůŽƚŽĨŐŽŽĚĨƌŝĞŶĚƐĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ/ŬŶŽǁ/ůůŚĂǀĞĨŽƌĂůŽŶŐƟŵĞ/ŵĂ'ĂƚĞƐDŝůůĞŶŶŝƵŵ^ĐŚŽůĂƌ >ĂƐƚƐƵŵŵĞƌ ǁĞǁĞŶƚƵƉƚŽhŽĨDĨŽƌĂǁĞĞŬĂŶĚĂŚĂůĨĂŶĚƚŚĞLJƐŚŽǁĞĚŵĞƚŚĂƚ/ĐŽƵůĚŐŽƚŚĞƌĞZzďƌŽƵŐŚƚƚŽŵLJĂƩĞŶƟŽŶƚŚĂƚƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞƐŽŵĂŶLJƚLJƉĞƐof engineering and that I can combine math and science. I would say to
others: don’t be shy, meet people because you’ll get everything out of
DAPCEP.”
JUSTIN ROGERSHIGH SCHOOL: ĞƌŬůĞLJ
DAPCEP: ZzTODAY: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - Engineering
WWŚĂĚĂďŝŐŝŵƉĂĐƚŽŶŵĞďĞĐĂƵƐĞ/ŐŽƚƚŽŐŽƚŽDdhĂŶĚŐĞƚĂcollege experience. I even got my own planner to write down classes and
keep track of my assignments and studies; I’d never had that experience
before and it’s helped me. I met my best friends in the program and
ǁĞ ƌĞƐƟůůĐůŽƐĞ/ŽƉĞŶĞĚƵƉŵŽƌĞďĞĐĂƵƐĞ/ũƵƐƚƵƐĞĚƚŽďĞƐŽƐŽƐŽƚŽ ŵLJƐĞůĨ/ŵŐŽŝŶŐƚŽ^ŽƵƚŚĂƌŽůŝŶĂ^ƚĂƚĞhŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJƚŽƐƚƵĚLJĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ design. When I was in the engineering program, I learned how to put