Programs
Lifelong leadership starts here
Northeastern students
Creating access for students
Trailblazers
Designed to support first-generation students in their transition to Northeastern, the Trailblazers Program provides connections to a pre-college cohort as well as mentoring, advising, and support throughout the academic year.
Russell Women in Science
Russell Women in Science Leadership is a Mills College legacy program designed to create pathways for women and gender non-binary individuals to succeed in STEM leadership. The program continues to build on this legacy by providing a new generation of students with faculty-mentored high-impact research experiences and showcasing accomplished women scientists who have achieved firsts in their fields.
Hellman Experiential Science Program
Hellman Experiential Science Program connects first-generation Northeastern students with the mentorship, community, and resources they need to thrive in STEM. Through graduate student mentorship and monthly workshops, the Hellman Program helps students navigate STEM education and consider pathways for STEM careers.
The Womanist
Inspired by author, Alice Walker, The Womanist is a women and femmes of color literary art journal begun by students in Ethnic Studies at Mills College. The journal, now supported by The Mills Institute, celebrates the literature and artwork of women and femmes of color at Northeastern. All students are welcome to participate.
WISE Oakland
The Women’s Interdisciplinary Society of Entrepreneurship (WISE), supported in Oakland by The Mills Institute, is a student-led group at Northeastern University dedicated to helping women and underrepresented genders develop an innovative mindset through interactive workshops, a thought-incubator, mentorship pairings and a venture catalyst.
PRE-COLLEGE STUDENTS
Empowering future leaders
TRiO Upward Bound
Upward Bound provides opportunities for participants to succeed in their precollege performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits. Upward Bound serves high school students from low-income families and high school students from families in which parents do not hold a bachelor’s degree.
TRiO Mills Educational Talent Search (METS)
The Talent Search program identifies and assists youth from disadvantaged backgrounds who have the potential to succeed in higher education. The program provides free personalized academic advising, informative workshops on college admissions and financial aid, and guidance with the college application process.
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