News and Events | Saturday Academy

Dec 27, 2016

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What does Saturday Academy Mean to You?

Steve Bedrick, Assistant Professor OHSU Center for Spoken Language Understanding Classes & Camps program, 1991

Dec 19, 2016

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Find Information about Your Upcoming Classes

One feature of the new website is the inclusion of all class information—location, what to bring, etc.—in your Parent Dashboard. As a result, we will no longer be sending notification emails with class information. When you log in to your account, your will first see your Household Information. This does not include the specific information for your upcoming classes. It does include your contact information and your students information. In order to access specifics about an upcoming class, you need to click on the orange Parent Dashboard button.

Dec 16, 2016

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Classes Cancelled for Sat, Dec. 17

Due to the weather forecast for tomorrow, Saturday December 17th, all Saturday Academy classes will be cancelled for tomorrow. You will be issued a prorated refund, which should appear on your statement within 5 to 10 business days. We regret the disappointment this will cause students, but the safety of our students and their families is of

Dec 6, 2016

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The Benefit of Exploring Curiosity & Challenging Oneself

Priyanka Vacchani participated in the Plant Biochemistry and Cancer Treatment internship with Saturday Academy’s Apprenticeships in Science & Engineering (ASE) program in 2008. Vacchani's experience with ASE both challenged her and taught her the importance of scientific research. Eight years later, she is a graduate student at the University of California studying global medicine. I met with her to talk about her experience with SA and our ASE program.

Nov 15, 2016

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THE REWARD OF MENTORING ASE INTERNS

My research students (including my ASE interns from last year) received two awards at the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG) Annual Conference! Each APCG conference typically features around 100 papers by undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty/professionals, mostly from the US but also including a few other Pacific nations.

The first is a $500 award, and the highest award for an undergraduate presenter given by the APCG (the Christopherson Geosystems Award for Best Applied Geography/Earth Systems Undergraduate Student Paper); it went to: