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Chief Science Officers Catalyze a Culture of Innovation!

Elected by their peers, CSOs are voices of change.

Chief Science Officers elevate the student voice by bringing their peers and community leaders together to ignite new opportunities in STEM and innovation.

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CSOs foster a vibrant community.

We create change makers and leaders through mentoring, networking and collective action.

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CSO Elaina - Arizona College Prep

“Having two engineers as parents, robotics was a big part of my life growing up, and morphed into sharing, connecting, and communicating my passion for STEM to everyone around me.”

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I serve as the captain of our high school Vex robotics team and I'm the co-founder of Education Empowers, a nonprofit who shares our passion for STEM in the community and extends STEM and robotics opportunities to children lacking such.

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Mentors help CSOs implement their ideas on campus and express their voice within both schools and CSO communities.

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CSO programs host regular events within their regions to help promote STEM in their schools and local communities.

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Meet the CSOs.

CSOs are students elected by their peers in grades 6-12 to be liaison for STEM and innovation in their schools and community.

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Marissa

Arizona

Cormac

Oregon

Hudson

Michigan

Abrar

Kuwait

Sonora Delegation

Mexico

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CSOs Have a Global Impact!

Advocating Around the World

We participate in national and regional cabinet meetings to help raise the STEM profile of our state/city/school nationally and regionally.

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From the CSO Blog

August 10, 2018 //

ASU partnered with the Chief Science Officer program to promote STEM education

Arizona students in grades six through 12 learned to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics and to foster innovation in their schools and communities at the Chief Science Officer Summer Institute, July 16 to 19. The CSO summer institute is a collaboration of efforts from the CSO program and the ASU Biodesign Institute, Environmental Health… [read more]

August 9, 2018 //

Madelyn’s time as a Chief Science Officer!

My name is Madelyn, and I am a sophomore at Freeland High School. I applied to be a Chief Science Officer during the spring of my 9th grade year. My principal informed me that I had received the position, and I was thrilled to learn more about promoting STEM at my school. I am a CSO, because I believe in the… [read more]

August 8, 2018 //

A CSO Reflection

Going to the National Science Foundation ITEST Summit was the BEST experience any school program has given me. Not only did I grow and learn as a CSO, but as a person. When we boarded our plane at MBS, I was terrified. I didn’t know what to expect. I wondered how many people would be there, if… [read more]

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