AS NASA ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INITIATIVES CONTINUES TO EVOLVE THE NEED FOR A HIGHLY COMPETENT AND HIGHLY DIVERSE WORKFORCE REMAINS. STEM EDUCATION PROVIDES A FOUNDATION FOR THIS WORKFORCE. IN THIS PROPOSAL SNOW COLLEGE WILL PROVIDE ENCOURAGEMENT IN TRADITIONAL STEM FIELDS AND SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND UTAH COLLEGE OF APPLIED TECHNOLOGY WILL CAPTURE ANOTHER IMPORTANT AREA FOR STEM EDUCATION. THIS ALTERNATIVE ASPECT OF STEM AN AREA PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE LANDSCAPE IS THE OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED BY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS. SINCE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYPROGRAMS BRIDGE THE SPECTRUM FROM HOURLY APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATES ALL THE WAY TO ADVANCED GRADUATE DEGREES SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (SLCC) AND UTAH COLLEGE OF APPLIED TECHNOLOGY (UCAT) ARE POISED TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE AND QUALIFIED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY THAT MAXIMIZES THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ENTER THESE PROGRAMS. THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS TO INFLUENCE STUDENTS ENTERING COLLEGE FROM HIGH SCHOOL STATEWIDE THROUGH A STUDENT SCIENCE SUMMER CAMP HOSTED BY SNOW COLLEGE OFFERING PARTICULAR EMPHASES IN RURAL AREAS OF UTAH AND TO INCREASE THE STRENGTH OF THE SLCC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND UCAT ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PARTICIPATION BY OFFERING SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. THIS PROPOSAL IN ADDITION SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN THE SLCC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSES BY EMBEDDING ADDITIONAL AEROSPACE AND NASA CONTENT INTO THE SLCC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM AND BY CREATING A NEW COMPOSITES ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EMPHASIS TO PROVIDE FURTHER CONNECTION WITH THE UTAH AEROSPACE LANDSCAPE.