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University of Maryland, Baltimore CURE Scholars Program Description part of STEM Futures:Product Elements
Describes the UMB CURE Scholars Program, which is a year-round, holistic STEM and healthcare pipeline program for West Baltimore middle and high school youth. Learn more about the courses and course sequencing of this program.

University of Maryland, Baltimore CURE Scholars Program: A Culminating Design Thinking Capstone Experience part of STEM Futures:Products
The UMB CURE Scholars Program is a year-round, holistic STEM and healthcare pipeline program for West Baltimore middle and high school youth. Scholars enter the program at 6th grade and continue through the end of high school. CURE provides afterschool and summer programming, and annual STEM exposition fair, as well as social-emotional support and parent and community engagement through its social work program. High school scholars participate in paid summer internships in partnership with Baltimore City's summer employment program. As the oldest scholars are now juniors, we seek to design a culminating project-based capstone experience ending in their 12th grade year that would allow them to synthesize their work from the prior six years of effort through a Design Thinking Framework. Ultimately, we ask the questions, "What does it mean to "graduate" from the CURE Program?" and "What knowledge and skills do they need to demonstrate readiness for STEM/healthcare college and career programs?"