K-12 Outreach Program

PAVE: For 11th and 12th Graders:
https://pave.vanderbilt.edu/ayindex.php

The School of Engineering coordinates the pre-college PAVE program, a six-week course of study on the Vanderbilt campus each summer that is designed to strengthen the academic skills of high-school juniors and seniors who are planning to enter a college
engineering, premedical, science or technology degree program. Founded in 1990, PAVE introduces around 175 high school students to campus life each summer and helps them decide if a technology-based career is right for them.

PAVE participants have the opportunity to improve their problem-solving skills, technical writing skills, computer application skills and laboratory skills by performing experiments in the sciences, premed and engineering disciplines. Professor John R. Veillette, associate dean for preparatory academics in the School of Engineering, founded and has directed the PAVE program since its inception.