Craft a Scientist at UCI

Our Week 7 Meeting will be this Thursday (11/19) @ 7pm! We will be going over our TikTok ideas and also giving away a free shirt ! Zoom link is on this post and will be in our bio!

Come join us this Saturday night (11/14) @ 9 pm for a fun night! Everyone is welcome to join us and we are excited to get to know our members! Zoom link can be found in in this post and in our bio! Winners might get something! #forthekids

Member of the Week: Kayla! Check out what Kayla has to say about why she joined CAS! We are so thankful to have a dedicated and energetic member! If you want to stay updated on our events, socials, and meetings, join our official GroupMe chat! #forthekids

Join us for a chill weekend of games! Come through for a chill time and destress from your classes! Fill out the when2meet tiny url link (in our bio!) and we’ll find a time that best works for everyone!

Happy Week 5! Our meeting will be this Thursday (11/5) from 7-8 PM! Be sure to join the Zoom with the tiny url link (also will be in our bio)! We will be going over some of our new ideas and also giving away a free shirt!

Good morning Anteaters! Our first Zoom meeting will be this Thursday, October 22nd, from 7-8 PM! Stop by to get to know your officers , our plans for this quarter , and also a virtual social ! We are excited to meet everyone and we will be happy to answer any questions that you have! Zoom link can be found on the post and in our bio!

Good morning Anteaters! If you’re interested in CAS, join us today from 4-5pm for our Live Info Meeting to meet our members and learn more about our org! Zoom link is in bio. We’ll also be at AIF from 4-7pm today! We’re excited to meet you all! Please let us know if you have any questions!

Welcome back Anteaters! CAS is excited for this year and we’ve got some new ideas planned for this year so be sure to join our LIVE Zoom Q&A session tomorrow (9/29) from 4-5pm! Excited to meet everyone! #forthekids #aif2020 . https://tinyurl.com/CASmeeting

CAS is sending love and unity to all those suffering now and for years prior in the face of injustice and inequality. As an organization centered around education, it is more imperative now than ever that we educate ourselves about how to support the Black community. Here are some resources to get started. While not exhaustive, our list includes books, podcasts, and films to accommodate multiple learning styles. We challenge everyone to educate themselves (and others), to take action to fight against racial injustice, to amplify Black voices, and to become better allies. Today and every day, we stand in solidarity with the Black community. With love, CAS. #blacklivesmatter #justiceforgeorgefloyd

We are honored to be awarded Best New Organization! Thank you to all our members for your hard work! We did it!

Officer Applications will be due this Sunday so make sure to send those in if you are interested! Application pdf here! https://mcusercontent.com//Craft_a_Scientist_Officer_Appli If you have any questions feel free to DM us! #forthekids

Today we’d like to highlight our officers, (CAS9) that have helped organize and run this club so well! CAS9 has worked hard and dedicated their time to make sure all of our Be a Scientist Days have made a positive impact for the students! CAS9 has also made sure that all of our members feel like family in our organization! We are excited to continue our vision of STEM education for all! Thank you to our officers for their hard work and commitment throughout this whole year! Check out what they have to say about how mentoring has helped them prepare for their bright futures! #forthekids #anteatersvolunteering UCI Campus Organizations & Volunteer Programs Associated Students UCI (ASUCI)@ CRISPR/Cas9 Crash Course for Beginners

Today we’d like to highlight 2 of more our mentors that really show what it takes to be a volunteer! Jennifer and Hector have dedicated their time and both are extremely passionate about STEM education for the next generation of scientists! They truly show the dedication and passion to better the community and we are thankful to have them volunteer for us! Jennifer is currently an officer for CAS and she has worked hard with us from the start! She is always enthusiasti...c in whatever she does and we are grateful to have her as a mentor for the students! Hector was in charge of our Physics unit and he provided a thorough presentation on the basics of Physics! He provided both an amazing powerpoint and also an interactive catapult activity! We are thankful to have both Jennifer and Hector on our team and we appreciate all that they have done to spread our organization’s mission statement! These two mentors are a true example of what it takes to be a volunteer! #forthekids UCI Campus Organizations & Volunteer Programs Associated Students UCI (ASUCI) #anteatersvolunteering @ University of California, Irvine See more

Happy Earth Day! Today, we would like to highlight 2 more of our members, Jayden and Audrey ! Both of them are first year Bio majors and we loved having them attend our events and meetings as they brought positive attitudes to everything they participated in! Check out what they have to say about our Be A Scientist Days at El Sol! We’d like to take this moment to thank Jayden and Audrey for being so dedicated to the CAS vision of providing STEM education for all! Both of them have made a positive impact on the students at El Sol and they’ve shown dedication to our organization throughout the whole year! Swipe these Anteaters in action Associated Students UCI (ASUCI) UCI Campus Organizations & Volunteer Programs #forthekids #anteatersvolunteering @ University of California, Irvine

Volunteer Spotlight Today, we’d like to highlight 2 of our members, Michael Casim and Daniel Mcauley, that have been with us since the start of fall quarter and they’d like to share with us how their life has changed by volunteering! Michael is a 3rd year Software Engineering Major and here’s what he had to say! ... I initially joined CAS because when I was younger I had no desire to do anything STEM related because I didn’t see anything interesting. It was only til my second year of college when I choose my major (Software Engineering). But I had gone through at least two major changes at that point. My goal in joining CAS is to help guide the younger generation by providing them with useful information about STEM pathway and to give them memories that can they can hold on too and cherish. Unfortunately our volunteering was cut short due to COVID but volunteering at El Sol has made me appreciate my current educational situation around me. The students at El Sol did not have the best desks or the newest laptops but they had the drive to learn. Even in times like these we cannot take our education for granted and we must make do with what we have. Daniel is a third year BioChem Major and here is what he had to say! I joined cas initially as something to put as an extracurricular and connect with people in my major, but what I got instead was becoming friends with some of the most kind and generous people I've met in my time at uci. Generous not just in spirit but in giving their time as well and they've shown how impactful science can be when doing it for the right reasons. Their continued drive for excellence and community support has distinguished them as one of the best orgs at uci and I'm very glad to be a part of it. Helping out at el sol academy has been very rewarding and given me a unique view as to how important it is to spark kid’s interest in stem, along with how rowdy they can get when building catapults. We loved having Dan and Michael volunteer for us at El Sol and they really can put a smile on anyone’s face! From being key players in helping our IM team make it to the playoffs to teaching students about DNA structures, Daniel and Michael have been some our most dedicated members! Volunteering has made a big impact in how we look at our lives today and we are grateful to have this STEM volunteer opportunity! Associated Students UCI (ASUCI) UCI Campus Organizations & Volunteer Programs #forthekids #anteatersvolunteering

Happy Volunteer Appreciation Week, Anteaters! UCI Campus Organizations & Volunteer Programs We would like to take this moment to recognize all of our volunteers who have helped make a positive impact for the 7th grade students at El Sol Academy! This was our first year as an organization and we are excited to reach out more next year and continue to inspire the future generation of scientists! Thank you @soar.uci for giving us the opportunity to pursue our mission to provid...e STEM education! s/o to Anteaters in Action for setting up this week of appreciation and we are excited to recognize our amazing members this week!#anteatersvolunteering #forthekids Check out what this week is all about on the Associated Students UCI (ASUCI) page to see how you can partake in this to win $100 for your org or a $100 Target gift card! We nominate all our CAS members to take part in volunteer appreciation week! @ University of California, Irvine See more

Spring Quarter Update! Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Craft a Scientist has decided to suspend all activity for the rest of the academic year due to the closure of El Sol Academy and not wanting to put our member's health at risk. We hope that you and your loved ones are safe during this tough time and hopefully we will get the chance to see each other again in the near future. We want to thank everyone who has helped make this first year the best it can be! We are gra...teful for all of your support and we will be ready to get the ball rolling in the fall quarter! None of this could have been possible if it were not from the support of all our dedicated members and officers! We have had many fun and memorable times and we are excited to make more in the coming school year! We wish you the best of luck for the rest of the quarter and we are looking forward to working with you all next year! We are always a Zoom call away so feel free to reach out to us if you want to chat or catch up! #forthekids Swipe to see all the memories we’ve made! @ University of California, Irvine See more

Interested in becoming an officer for the coolest organization on campus? Our applications are now open and they will be due by Sunday, May 3rd at 11:59 pm (end of Week 5). Completed applications must be submitted to [email protected] Thank you for your patience and we look forward to selecting officers for the 2020-2021 school year! If you have any questions, feel free to DM us or email us at [email protected] or reach out to our Co-Presidents, Annie and Scot...t! Application Link is here! https://tinyurl.com/CAS9OfficerApp See more