Mission
To reduce the ‘leak’ in the STEM pipeline by supporting women in their efforts to earn a Bacherlor’s degree in a STEM major and encouraging them to choose a STEM career path.
Goals
To create mentoring partnerships between women in STEM careers and women who have chosen STEM majors in college.
Objectives
| Objective | Measure of success | Timeframe |
| Setup the website stemlinks.net | STEMLinks.net is setup and accessible | End of term, Summer 2014 |
Create the educational and informational material
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The educational materials are created and uploaded on the website | End of term, Summer 2014 |
| Add complete functionality – blogs, discussion boards, user authentication – to STEMLinks.net | Users can log in, create blog posts and discussion forum threads | Mar 2015 |
| Create the initial pool of mentors | The website has at least 5 mentors signed up | June 2015 |
| Create the initial pool of community colleges that will promote STEMLinks among their female STEM students | At least one community college is signed up | June 2015 |
| Promote website through SEO | STEMLinks.net is discoverable using keywords like STEM, mentor, career advice etc. | June 2015 |
| Connect with STEMulate to create mentoring partnerships between STEMLinks students and K-12 students | At 2 students from each community college are working with STEMulate to mentor local high school/middle school students | Dec 2015 |
| Grow the pool of mentors | At least 10 new mentors are added to the mentor pool | June 2016 |
| Grow the set of community colleges that are enrolled in STEMLinks | At least 3 new community colleges are signed up | June 2016 |
