Summer Bridge and BLAST, programs offered and hosted by the Artis College of Science
and Technology, consist of a series of outreach programs to young adults interested
in STEM.
Building Leaders for Advancing Science and Technology, BLAST, is a FREEprogram designed to help Virginia 8th and 9th-grade students find their place in STEM.
Participants spend three days at a college dorm doing hands-on STEM activities.
Women in STEM is a week-long residential experience for rising sophomore, junior,
and senior high school students interested in science, technology, and mathematics
while working to engage more women in STEM fields.