Engineering, Computer Science & Natural Sciences

The Central Virginia Undergraduate Mathematics Scholarship Program (CVUMSP) is a partnership between Virginia State University, Brightpoint Community College and other institutions. The CVUMSP helps to identify and prepare talented students to become future middle or high school mathematics teachers in high-need districts.

This program provides scholarships opportunities for Brightpoint grads interested in becoming math teachers and who want to transfer to VSU to complete their bachelor's degrees. The program also offers summer internship opportunities for current Brightpoint students.

To be eligible for the CVUMSP Summer Internship, applicants must:

• Be a US citizen, US national, or have permanent residence status.
• Be a rising senior high school student, two-year college student, or university undergraduate.
• Have a minimum GPA of 2.75 at the applicant's current school.
• Have an interest in teaching mathematics at the middle/high school level.

For more information about the CVUMSP opportunities available to Brightpoint students, contact Ebenezer Emos, instructor of mathematics

This collaboration between Brightpoint and VCU's School of Education, School of Engineering and College of Humanities and Science is for STEM majors interested in becoming future math and science teachers in high-need school districts. The program provides summer internship opportunities for Brightpoint students as well as scholarship opportunities for Brightpoint grads ready to transfer to VCU to pursue their bachelor's degrees.

To be eligible, you must:

• Be a Brightpoint STEM major with a 3.0 grade point average (GPA).
• Have a passing Praxis I, a SAT score of 1100, or an ACT score of 24 or higher.
• Be committed to teaching in a high-need urban or rural district.

To learn more, contact Cathleen McCarthy-Burke at cburke@brightpoint.edu 

The Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) in partnership with the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), NASA Langley Research Center and NASA Wallops Flight Facility, is offering the STEM Takes Flight at Virginia’s Community Colleges initiative.

STEM Takes Flight provides a suite of programs for Virginia community college students pursuing STEM majors (exclusive of allied health and business) and faculty in STEM disciplines statewide. Student opportunities include paid onsite research experiences at NASA Langley and NASA Wallops.

The Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) Scholarship and Fellowship Program annually awards students pursuing higher education at Virginia Space Grant universities and Virginia Community Colleges.

The Dream-to-Goal (DTG) Summer Research Program at VCU is designed for motivated community-college students who are interested in exploring research careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. This program will equip you with hands-on laboratory skills, provide research experience, and prepare you for success when you transfer to a four-year college or university, and beyond.

In conjunction with this program, Brightpoint now offers BIO 170 Biotechnology Methods. Students who sign up for this class at Brightpoint will learn the same research skills taught during VCU’s summer program, and those who complete the course will be eligible to participate in a summer research internship at VCU.

Brightpoint students interested in learning more about the DTG program can visit VCU's website or contact Dr. Shijian Chu, assistant professor of biology.