Abstract 1956 Impact of a Set of STEM-Focused Creative Video Projects on STEM Students' Psychosocial, Persistence, and Scholastic Outcomes

This research is being conducted by Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), a Hispanic-serving institution located in Laredo, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border. The project has programmatic and research components and focuses on strategies to enhance undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. The programmatic component aims to increase the number and quality of STEM students retained and graduated. This is achieved by engaging three consecutive cohorts in a 4-semester pre-/early college (i.e., pre-college summer and freshman fall/spring/summer semesters) STEM enrichment program called USTEM.