{"id":10,"date":"2019-03-21T08:52:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T12:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-cu-sites.pantheonsite.io\/impetus\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2025-11-25T11:09:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:09:37","slug":"about-impetus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/about-impetus\/","title":{"rendered":"About IMPETUS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The IMPETUS (<strong>I<\/strong>ntegrated <strong>M<\/strong>athematics and <strong>P<\/strong>hysics for <strong>E<\/strong>ntry <strong>T<\/strong>o <strong>U<\/strong>ndergraduate <strong>S<\/strong>TEM)\n for Career Success program provides mentoring and supervised training \nto enrich students&#8217; education in science and technology.  <br>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is our goal?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Enrich science and mathematics instruction<\/li><li>Provide laboratories for supervised training in research methods<\/li><li>Conduct summer programs<\/li><li>Provide tutoring and mentoring<\/li><li>Assist students in exploring higher eduction options<\/li><li>Increase career awareness<\/li><li>Provide practical training; linking coursework to careers<\/li><li>Include career\/leadership conferences<\/li><li>Provide college recruitment opportunities<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Program Components<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/academic-year-program\/\">Academic Year Program<\/a>:  Benefits include academic support, mentoring, and tutoring through  weekly after school activities.  These include one Clarkson Campus visit  per month, one Clarkson student visit per month, and the remainder of  the weeks spent on developing a functional roller coaster model.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/summer-roller-coaster-camp\/\">Summer Program<\/a>:  A multi-day program at Clarkson working with mathematics and physics  professors and students.  Roller Coaster Camp includes a day-long trip  to the Six Flags Great Escapes in Lake George, NY to collect data on the  body&#8217;s response to roller coasters.  Students also program and ride  their own coaster with our VR2002 Virtual Roller Coaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/03\/nysed-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">http:\/\/www.nysed.gov\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/03\/STEP_logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/03\/STEP_logo.png 399w, https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/03\/STEP_logo-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/03\/STEP_logo-360x186.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">http:\/\/www.highered.nysed.gov\/kiap\/step\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IMPETUS (Integrated Mathematics and Physics for Entry To Undergraduate STEM) for Career Success program provides mentoring and supervised training to enrich students&#8217; education in science and technology. What is our goal? Enrich science and mathematics instruction Provide laboratories for supervised training in research methods Conduct summer programs Provide tutoring and mentoring Assist students in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/author\/broulsto\/","display_name":"broulsto"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 7 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on March 21, 2019","modified":"Updated on November 25, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on March 21, 2019 8:52 am","modified":"Updated on November 25, 2025 11:09 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/impetus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}