Our Mission
At virtually every engineering department in the United States, underrepresented students make up a minuscule part of the graduate student population. Members of SERIO believe that this is largely due to the inadequate preparation that such students are afforded which then limits their chances to secure admission to prestigious engineering graduate schools.
SERIO’s fundamental objective is to support and nurture underrepresented undergraduate students on their path toward graduate-level STEM education. Through formal mentorship programs with current Stanford graduate students as well as our annual flagship Stanford Engineering Research Introductions (SERIS) Program, we introduce our selected students to research seminars from Stanford faculty, panels from current Stanford students, and engineering lab tours led by Stanford researchers. By introducing talented underrepresented students to research early in their college career, followed by careful mentorship and workshops throughout their undergraduate years, we believe that our students can achieve their post-college career goals.
Are you interested in participating in our programs?
Our next event is a Summer Reunion BBQ in August 2024!
We created a Graduate School Application Guide for our members!
We are not distributing the application guide widely, so for access to the application guide, please join our mentorship program, attend the SERIS program, or email us to request it at serio-eboard@lists.stanford.edu.
