{"id":4,"date":"2025-09-30T20:38:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-02-02T13:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:03:31","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Accelerator Laboratory for Thriving in STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-info-box info-box\" data-box-style=\"2\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-copy-wrapper\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"heading h2\">Thrive at Mudd<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"info-box-copy-wrapper\">\n<p>The Innovation Accelerator Laboratory for Thriving in STEM provides a holistic support system throughout the Core, combining skills development, cohort-based community activities and customized one-on-one tutoring. Collectively these&nbsp;programs&nbsp; build a strong community that empowers students to&nbsp;thrive, achieve academic success, and develop a lasting sense of belonging.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><ul class=\"button-list\" data-buttons=\"3\"><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/the-heart-of-thriving-in-the-core\/\"><span>Our Program<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/ia-lab-for-thriving-in-the-core-community-team-members\/\"><span>Team Members<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box center\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2025\/11\/EHT_quote-background02.jpg)\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box-inner\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2025\/10\/Quote-bubble_gerbode.png\" alt=\"Sharon Gerbode\" class=\"prerounded\"\/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box-text\"><blockquote><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-quote\">\u201cIf students are to tackle the messy, complicated interdisciplinary problems in our world, they need to not just survive our Core, they need to thrive. We want our students to feel the joy in our Core curriculum. We want to set them on a path to become the STEM leaders that we so need shaping the future of our world.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-citation\"><cite>Sharon gerbode<br>associate dean for academic affairs and professor of physics<\/cite><\/p>\n<span class=\"wp-block-mudd-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M-bjNV8DaSY\" data-youtube=\"true\"><span>Watch Presentation<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single-video\" data-video-id=\"ZYtYQu0XoSk\" data-video-title=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single-content-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single-heading\">Shape the Future<\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single-copy\">\n<p>Sharon Gerbode, associate dean for academic affairs and professor of physics, briefly describes how the IA Lab for Thriving in STEM can set students on a path to become the future STEM leaders shaping our world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single-image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2025\/10\/Core-Skills-Preview.jpg\" alt=\"Profs welcome students\" width=\"768\" height=\"450\"\/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single-content-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single-heading\">Summer Core Skills Preview<\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-showcase-single-copy\">\n<p>The summer Core Skills Preview is a summer program offered to select entering first-year students. The program builds academic readiness and social connections to help students thrive in the core curriculum and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"wp-block-mudd-button is-style-in-row\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/the-heart-of-thriving-in-the-core\/\"><span>Summer Program<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-primary.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1989,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/1989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/thriving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}