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# Venice teachers go to Mudd
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/venice-teachers-go-to-mudd/
- Published: 2003-08-07T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:41:03.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Venice, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Jennifer Kim and Fred Siegel, high school teachers in Venice, recently attended the “Partners in Engineering Problem Solving” program at Harvey Mudd College.

They spent five days at Harvey Mudd College, beginning July 21, developing and learning methods to solve problems and ways to apply design in engineering.

Kim and Siegel teach at Venice High School. The PEPS program was established at Harvey Mudd College to introduce engineering problem solving and design to math, science and technology teachers. The intention is that the teachers will then teach their students the same techniques to excite them about the possibilities in math and science classes.

Teachers are generally selected from schools that serve significant numbers of women and minority students, groups under represented in science, engineering and mathematics.

Harvey Mudd College is the liberal arts co-educational institution of engineering, science and mathematics that also places strong emphasis on humanities and the social sciences. The college’s aim is to graduate engineers and scientists sensitive to the impact of their work on society. HMC ranks among the nation’s leading schools in percentage of graduates who earn Ph.D. degrees. It is the pioneer of the internationally known “Clinic Program,” established in 1963.

This is the sixth annual PEPS workshop. Teachers who are interested in participating in future workshops can contact professor Lori Bassman at (909) 607-1250 for more information.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 7, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/080703.pdf?ref=smdp.com)