Investing in Your STEM Resources
Understanding how to pay for college is an important part of planning for your STEM education. Financial aid, scholarships, and other funding sources can help cover tuition, fees, books, supplies, and other college expenses.
Financial Aid
Financial aid can help make college more affordable through grants, work-study, loans, and other forms of assistance. Students can apply using FAFSA or WASFA, depending on eligibility.
Location: Student Affairs & Success Center (SA), Room 231
Email: finaid@greenriver.edu
Website: Financial Aid
Scholarships
Scholarships can help cover tuition, fees, books, supplies, and other educational expenses. Start your search early and continue applying throughout your time at Green River College using the Scholarship Tool Kit to find opportunities, track deadlines, and prepare your applications.
Scholarship Toolkit
Scholarship Search Guide
Learn where and how to find scholarship opportunities.
Scholarship Tracker
Organize scholarships, deadlines, requirements, and application progress.
Personal Statement Guide
Learn how to plan, write, and revise scholarship essays.
Resume' Guide & Tempate
Create a résumé you can use and adapt for scholarship applications.
Recommendation Request Guide
Learn how to ask for and prepare someone to write a strong recommendation.
Application Checklist
Make sure you have everything you need before applying.
Strengthening Your STEM Foundation
Tutoring Services
Tutoring Services provides free academic support in a variety of subjects to help students understand course material and strengthen their academic skills.
Location: Holman Library, 2nd Floor
Email: tutoring.center@greenriver.edu
Website: Tutoring & Resource Center
Math Learning Center
The Math Learning Center provides free, drop-in math support to help students understand concepts and work through problems.
Location: Cedar Hall (CH), Room 313
Email: apalmer@greenriver.edu
Website: Math Learning Center
Writing Services
Writing Services provides one-on-one support for students at all stages of the writing process, from developing ideas to improving a draft.
Location: Rutkowski Learning Center (RLC), Room 174
Email: awetzel@greenriver.edu
Website: Writing & Reading Center
Building Resilience for STEM Success
Counseling Services
Counseling Services provides free, confidential mental health counseling and personal wellness support to currently enrolled Green River students.
Location: Student Affairs Building (SA), Room 227
Email: cs@greenriver.edu
Website: Counseling Services
Center for Transformational Wellness
The Center for Transformational Wellness connects students with services that address basic needs, wellness, safety, recovery, and other challenges that can affect their college experience.
Location: Student Affairs & Success Center (SA), Room 122
Email: ctw@greenriver.edu
Website: Center for Transformational Wellness
Disability Support Services
Disability Support Services helps students with disabilities request accommodations and access the support they need to participate in their courses and college activities.
Location: Student Affairs & Success Center (SA), Room 274
Email: dss@greenriver.edu
Website: Disability Support Services
Launching Your STEM Career
Career & Advising Center
The Career & Advising Center helps students explore academic and career options, plan for transfer, prepare for employment, and connect with career resources. Career Services also provides résumé support, interview preparation, career assessments, and access to Handshake.
Location: Student Affairs & Success Center (SA), Room 104
Email: beadvised@greenriver.edu
Website: Career & Advising Center
Internships
Internships give you the opportunity to apply what you are learning, explore STEM careers, and gain professional experience. Use the Internship Tool Kit to find opportunities, prepare your application materials, get ready for interviews, and make the most of your internship experience.
Internship Toolkit
Internship Search Guide
Find internships through Handshake, employers, government agencies, professional organizations,
universities, and other sources.
Internship Tracker
Keep track of opportunities, requirements, deadlines, contacts, interviews, and application
progress.
Internship Résumé Guide & Template
Build a résumé that highlights coursework, skills, projects, employment, and experience
relevant to an internship.
Cover Letter Guide & Template
Create and adapt a cover letter for internship applications.
Recommendation Request Guide
Prepare for and request a strong letter of recommendation.
Internship Application Checklist
Keep track of required materials and complete a final review before submitting an
internship application.
Interview Preparation Guide
Prepare for internship interviews, including common questions, discussing your experience,
and questions to ask employers.
Networking & Professional Outreach Guide
Build professional connections, introduce yourself, conduct informational interviews,
and follow up with contacts.
Getting Ready for Your Internship Guide
Prepare for your first day, workplace expectations, communication, goal setting, networking,
and documenting accomplishments.
Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate research gives you the opportunity to explore questions in your field, work with faculty and researchers, and build hands-on research experience. Use the Undergraduate Research Tool Kit to find opportunities, connect with potential mentors, prepare your application materials, and get ready for your research experience.
Undergraduate Research Tool Kit
Undergraduate Research Search Guide
Find research opportunities through Green River faculty, universities, REUs, national
laboratories, government agencies, and research programs.
Research Opportunity Tracker
Keep track of research areas, programs, faculty, eligibility, deadlines, contacts,
and application progress.
Research Résumé Guide & Template
Highlight relevant coursework, laboratory or technical skills, class projects, research
experience, and academic interests.
Research Mentor Outreach Guide
Identify potential research mentors, learn about their work, write an introductory
email, prepare for a meeting, and follow up.
Research Personal Statement Guide
Explain your academic interests, preparation, motivation, and what you hope to gain
from a research opportunity.
Recommendation Request Guide
Prepare for and request a strong letter of recommendation.
Research Application Checklist
Track transcripts, résumé, statements, recommendations, and other application requirements.
Research Interview & Meeting Preparation Guide
Prepare to discuss your interests, coursework, skills, research goals, and questions
with a faculty member or research team.
Getting Ready for Undergraduate Research Guide
Understand mentor expectations, research practices, communication, documentation,
feedback, and professional conduct.