This year’s cohort of Rice Emerging Scholars Program (RESP) students heard from astronaut Shannon Walker ’87 Monday at Duncan Hall. Walker talked to the group about her career with NASA and the education she received at Rice that has helped her along the way.
The event was one of many RESP students have attended this summer as part of the residential academic program designed to help first-year students prepare for the challenging pace, depth and rigor of the STEM curricula at Rice.
Launched in 2012, RESP has served 349 students to date. Unique among programs of its kind at highly selective institutions, RESP’s approach to college transition and success is comprehensive, combining a rigorous six-week academic summer bridge program with personalized and holistic mentoring and support for the duration of the college experience.