Thu, 06/14/2018 | Seattle Times

Five years after it began, the program to help more low-income, women and minority students become engineers at the UW is showing strong results, with 75 percent of its students either continuing in engineering or graduating.

Fri, 06/08/2018 | Faculty & Staff Insider

STARS Program Director Sonya G. Cunningham has been awarded the 2018 David B. Thorud Leadership Award, a UW Award of Excellence. Thanks to Sonya's leadership, the outcomes for STARS students — those studying engineering in the Washington State Academic RedShirts program — have been spectacular.

Fri, 12/29/2017

STARS is part of the effort to grow the pipeline of Washington students who will graduate and enter high-demand STEM and health care fields, a public-private partnership was initiated in 2011 to support low- and middle-income students as they earn their bachelor’s degrees and enter the workforce.

Fri, 12/01/2017 | Avvo

STARS student and HCDE major Tuyen Truong gives students advice about how to make the most out of internship experiences.