Effective October 1, 2025 grant activities have been institutionalized and transitioned to the efforts of Ventura College. All references to Project S:AIL in STEM activities are for historically purposes only. This award ended September 30, 2025. 

In collaboration with the STEM Student Success Team, your leadership would ensure your STEM peers succeed in all the ways you have. STEM Navigators are peer mentors that holistically support STEM students through timely referrals to campus and community-based programs, services, activities, and engage them in various STEM related academic and career events. STEM Navigators support their peers through an integrated approach to co-curricular development, promoting educational and career pathways in STEM, peer advising students of academic and social support services, and connecting students to deeper exploration of STEM majors, internships, and research activities. STEM Navigators can be found at the STEM Harbor, located in SCI 223. 

Responsibilities:

  • Advance the goals of Project S:AIL in STEM including STEM Harbor.
  • Collaborate with multiple on-campus academic and student services programs to serve and support students utilizing STEM Harbor.
  • Inform and actionably engage students with academic, social, and emotional support resources as needed. Ensures students utilizing STEM Harbor have a strong understanding of available student support resources.
  • Refer STEM Harbor students to the STEM Student Success Team for targeted student support services as needed or requested by students when the scope is beyond the STEM Navigator’s responsibilities.
  • Encourage, engage, advise, and collaborate with all STEM students, especially those from minoritized backgrounds, by setting academic, personal, and professional goals, and holding encouraging beliefs in their abilities to achieve college success.
  • Facilitate 1-1 and small group discussions or study sessions with various groups of STEM students.
  • Encourage students to foster their existing intrinsic motivation, resilience, and leadership abilities.
  • Co-lead and assist with the planning and execution of Project S:AILin STEM events with the STEM Success Team.
  • Co-lead and support maintaining social media engagement.
  • Maintain the STEM Harbor space including restocking instructional supplies and opening/closing responsibilities.