JBMSHP News

The staff worked with pre-college STEM programs nationwide to increase equity in STEM

82 Arizona high school students successfully completed the 2024 JBMSHP summer program. Students received first-hand experience of what it is like to be a college student

The JBMSHP was awarded a $40,000 grant from the APS Foundation in June. The APS Foundation supports programs that enhance academic achievement in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

The JBMSHP is one of six STEM PUSH pre-college STEM programs that have earned first-of-its-kind accreditation from Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS). These programs are aligned with and strengthening along quality standards that are equity-centered and designed to broaden participation in STEM.

Jacob was selected as the recipient of the Charles Wexler Mathematics Prize, the highest honor an undergraduate in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences can receive.

JBMSHP ASU students had the opportunity to ask an alumni panel questions about negotiating salaries, obtaining internships, and learn how to successfully transition from college to industry.

JBMSHP alum awarded prestigious NIH fellowship in bioinformatics and genomics.

Kylee Wojak was awarded the 2024 Joaquin Bustoz Memorial Mathematics Scholarship at the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (SoMSS) awards ceremony.

The JBMSHP hosted the 3rd annual JBMSHP alumni mixer on October 21, 2023. Attendees had the opportunity to reconnect with friends and network with other alumni at the Dave and Busters rooftop patio.

Student participate in spring 2023 graduation ceremonies.

Thor Eckman, an ASU Mathematics and Chemistry double major, received the $1,000 scholarship named after Dr. Joaquin Bustoz.

The JBMSHP joined over 40 pre-college STEM programs at the spring 2023 convening in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The JBMSHP is honored to be one of 79 winners of the INSIGHT Into Diversity Inspiring Programs in STEM Award...

The scholarship is in memory of JBMSHP founding director, Dr. Joaquin Bustoz, and supports the retention of JBMSHP students within the mathematics field at Arizona State University. Congratulations to JBMSHP alumni, Amyneth Arceo, the 2021 Joaquin Bustoz Memorial Scholarship recipient.

Three recent graduates and a senior at Arizona State University have won prestigious fellowships offered by the United States Department of State. JBMSHP alumni, Claudia Rivera Garcia, has been been awarded the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship.

Excelencia in Education co-founder Deborah Santiago moderates a discussion with University of Arizona President Robert Robbins and ASU President Michael Crow during Excelencia in Education’s “Arizona Briefing on 25 Years of Hispanic-Serving Institutions” webcast, Thursday, March 25, 2021

JBMSHP has received Epsilon Awards in 2015, 2020, and 2021. The Epsilon Awards are for Young Scholars Programs from the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Funded by AMS donors, the Epsilon Awards aid and promote programs that support and nurture mathematically talented youth in the United States. Click image to read more.

Cindy Rogel Bahena, a JBMSHP Alumni, is a winner of an Impact Award that recognizes students' contributions to the ASU community through student leadership roles and outreach efforts to aid fellow students...click the link to read more

This summer, high school senior Eleni Canez participated in Arizona State University’s Joaquin Bustoz Math-Science Honors Program (JBMSHP), a program established to provide underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields the opportunity to begin college-level math before graduating high school.