NEW LONDON, Conn. -- The Academy recently partnered with the University of Connecticut on a new STEM pilot program. The goal of the initiative is to recruit, accept, retain and graduate women and underrepresented minorities from the USCGA applicant pool into the Coast Guard’s engineering, science and cyber workforce.
Academy Superintendent Rear Adm. Michael Johnston and UConn Avery Point Campus Director Dr. Annemarie Seifert sign an agreement establishing a STEM pilot program between the two institutions. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by: PA2 Taylor Bacon.