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MSU Spartan Coding Clubs (SPARCC)

Technology's future begins in today's classrooms!

The Office for Broadening Participation K-12 Outreach and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University are committed to empowering the next generation of leaders in technology through K-12 outreach.

Mission

We aim to broaden participation in computing and engineering among K-12 students in Michigan and beyond. Near-peer university-student mentors engage K-12 students in face-to-face and virtual programs to build excitement around the rapidly growing fields of information technology, data science, and software engineering and to equip them with the skills and confidence they need to succeed.

We work to reduce barriers to entry in these fields that disproportionately affect Black, Latine, Native American, and underserved communities, women, and gender-marginalized students.

Programs

Learn more about our many technology programs:

Team

Our outreach programs are led by undergraduate students under the supervision of MSU faculty, staff, and graduate students.

Donors

We are happy to acknowledge the following donors for their generous support:

If funding permits, we will partner with the Detroit Public Schools Community District to offer after-school coding clubs in several middle-schools in spring 2025 and fall 2026.

Your tax deductible gift will help sustain our current clubs and make these additional clubs possible! Ask your employer if they have a matching program to potentially double the impact of your gift!!

You may charge your gift using the University Development Online Gift Cart: https://www.givingto.msu.edu/gift/index.cfm.

  1. Type Women in Engineering into the search box; scroll down and select Women in Engineering Recruitment and K-12 Outreach.
  2. Enter the amount and select Proceed to Checkout.
  3. After submitting your credit card information and approving payment, you will receive a receipt by email. Save this receipt for your tax records. (Gifts to MSU are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.)
  4. Please forward a copy of the receipt to Teresa VanderSloot to ensure that the gift is credited to the SPARCC Program.

If you prefer to mail your gift, please include your credit card number, the expiration date, the name under which the card is issued, and the program (SPARCC) on your gift pledge form (.pdf).

Pledge forms should be mailed to:

Office of Development
College of Engineering
Michigan State University
428 S. Shaw Lane, Room 3536
East Lansing, MI 48824-1226

Ph: 517-884-1000 (Local)
Ph: 800-232-4678 (Toll Free)

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