Office of Diversity and Community Engagement Update
The Office of Diversity and Community Engagement hosted the annual STEM NOLA orientation
for high school students across the New Orleans area on September 5th, 2024. STEM
NOLA's sole purpose is to expose, engage and inspire future innovators, makers and
entrepreneurs through STEM-based activities and opportunities in the fields of Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math. Since Dr. Calvin Mackie created STEM NOLA in 2013,
it has engaged more than 125,000 students.
Daniel Ruppert, 4th year LSU Student, Gerlinda Davis, Outreach Director, Diversity
and Community Engagement, STEM Representative, Joell Lee, Dean's Coordinator, Diversity
and Community Engagement and STEM Representative (image, left)
Drs. Robert Maupin, Pierre Detiege, Gerlinda Davis, Outreach Director and Jakora Bachus, STEM Fellows Manager (image, right)
Cynthia Willard Lewis, past representative for District E, New Orleans East, Pastor
Raymond Watson, Apostolic Outreach Center, LSU Medical Students Kiera McNeary and
Aysha Gibson, Gerlinda Davis, Outreach Director and Joell Lee, Dean's Coordinator,
LSU Diversity and Community Engagement (image, left)
Edwin Murray, Vice Chancellor of Community and Multicultural Affairs and students of Audubon Gentilly in the SIM Center (image, right)
