stephen graham jones hopes the haunted hotel will inspire his students to write some of their scariest work. >> what's scary stuff? lots of nights where the students don't want to turn their lights out and hopefully lots of nights where the people they write to don't want to turn their lights out. >> the course costs $3,250. it includes tuition, the room at the stanley, breakfast and lunches. the deadline to apply october 31st. >>> the federal government wants to see more diversity in the fields of science, technology and engineering. 9news reporter nelson garcia shows us how it's trying to address the problem from the ground up. >> reporter: inside its own science labs the community college of denver wants to discover something rare. >> i'm a science girl. >> reporter: hispanic students like lorena luna. >> that's what people call me department of education believes the science,technology, engineering and math fields need more students, especially hispanics, so it awarded the school $3 million to achieve that. this is the dean of math and science. >> in my perspective it is a big deal