For Students
Get a headstart on your STEM career.
Advance your education and professional growth! Whether you choose to participate in an invigorating research project or strengthen your leadership skills as a tutor, continue your path to success through Project Acabado.
Elevate an Oxnard College STEM student’s education and career development through mentorship.
Opportunities
- Become an Illumineer: Tutor math and science courses, gain leadership experience, and be recognized for your contribution in the Cal Lutheran STEM community. All participants receive $15.00 per hour and can work up to 20 hours per week.
- Receive an Aperture Research Fellowship: As a transfer student to Cal Lutheran in a STEM major, you can provide unique experience for your Oxnard College colleagues. Through the fellowship, you will be paired with a first or second-year student from Oxnard College to work together on a research project, with a faculty mentor. A $4,000 stipend is available for participation in approximately eight weeks of full-time (40 hours per week) mentored summer research with a Cal Lutheran faculty member.
Benefits of Participating
- Gain educational experience within the STEM field
- Put your leadership skills to practice
- Expand your professional network
- Help a fellow STEM colleague advance in their career
- Earn funds to help further your goals
Who qualifies?
- STEM students who have transferred into the University in the Natural Science Division are eligible to become Aperture Fellows.
- Junior, Senior, or graduate students in STEM with strong interpersonal and communication skills and a 3.0 GPA or higher may become Illumineers (tutors) at Oxnard College.
How to Apply
- To become an Aperture Research Fellow, please visit the Office of Undergraduate Research.
- To become an Illumineer, please contact Jennifer Lugo at 805-493-3621 or jlugo@CalLutheran.edu.
Get started on a research career with lab experience and mentorship from Cal Lutheran faculty and upperclassmen.
Opportunities
- Illumnineers: Become an illumineer and support your peers, or receive tutoring through the OC STEM Center.
- Introduction to Research: For two weeks you'll be immersed in the world of research with 19 of your fellow students at Cal Lutheran. You'll attend day-long sessions in the lab along with participation in a series of specially designed workshops, seminars and collegial events.
- Research Fellowship: You’ll work in the lab on original research along side a Cal Lutheran faculty mentor and an upper class STEM mentor.
- Research Showcase: You'll showcase your scholarsly work at the Cal Lutheran Student Research Symposium in October and Festival of Scholars in April.
Benefits of Participating
- Receive an introduction to the field of research
- Gain familiarity with a lab environment and research methods
- Get hands-on research experience with a team
- Collaborate with peers to strengthen your learning
- Take advantage of career guidance and mentorship from a faculty member
- Build your academic skills with a peer tutor
- Expand your professional network
- Earn stipends for participating
Learn More
Find out more about these programs and apply through the OC STEM Center.