The CRESCENT Program aims to strengthen the institutional capacity in the Yakima Valley for increasing the enrollment, retention, and graduation of underrepresented minority students with degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
We provide innovative opportunities for students to improve their education, enhance transferable skills, and contribute to the regional and national need for a diverse and competent STEM workforce to address societal challenges of the 21st Century.
The CRESCENT program goal, similar to the phases of the moon, is to support students through their STEM educational pathways beginning in high school continuing through college, and culminating in graduate school and/or careers.
*Please note this website is still in progress and not all information may be up to date.
Are you a student interested in applying to CRESCENT? Fill out an application here:
All-in-one STEM Resources
This website provides helpful resources for current students, regional higher education faculty and staff, high school faculty and administrators, research scientists, and the community at large.
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program) in the Division of Undergraduate Education of the National Science Foundation (NSF) is the primary sponsor for the CRESCENT Program. Award Number #1928570 to Principal Investigator J. Black. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
If you are interested in learning more about the CRESCENT Program we would love to hear from you!
