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Battelle Grants New Awards for Out-of-School STEM Learning

By STEMconnector / June 28, 2018 January 27, 2021 / K-12 Education, Museums, Science Centers, & Libraries, Non-Profits, Ohio, Out-Of-School STEM Programs, Press Releases, STEM Awards

June 28, 2018 — Columbus, Ohio (Business Wire) | From rocketry to computer science to agriculture, Central Ohio students will have a range of new learning opportunities outside of the classroom thanks to grants from Battelle. Today, Battelle awards $607,500 in a ceremony at its King Avenue headquarters to fund 14 out-of-classroom learning activities in Central Ohio. It’s …

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Sussex County STEM Alliance Presents Engineering Your Tomorrow

By STEMconnector / May 16, 2018 January 27, 2021 / Agriculture, Community Colleges, Delaware, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, Out-Of-School STEM Programs, STEM Events, Women in STEM

On April 14, 2018, the Sussex County STEM Alliance (SCSA) brought the successful 28-year DuPont/Girl Scouts collaboration of the Engineering Your Tomorrow program to Sussex County, which was held at the Delaware Technical & Community College’s Jack F. Owens Campus in Georgetown, Delaware. The Engineering Your Tomorrow (EYT) program is geared towards middle-school aged girls, …

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WorkingNation Names Jane Oates As Its New President

By STEMconnector / April 24, 2018 January 27, 2021 / Industry, Jobs in STEM, Non-Profits, Skills

WorkingNation, a nonprofit founded in 2016 by venture capitalist Art Bilger to expose hard truths about the looming unemployment crisis, has named Jane Oates as its new President. Oates has been with WorkingNation since its beginning, and she previously served on its Executive Committee and before that in the Obama Administration as assistant Labor secretary for …

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FIRST® Championship — The World’s Largest Robotics Competition — Takes Over Houston AND Detroit in 2018!

By STEMconnector / April 19, 2018 January 27, 2021 / Detroit, Houston, Industry, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, Out-Of-School STEM Programs, Robotics, Spotlight, STEM Competitions

The annual FIRST® Championship, aka the Super Bowl of STEM, is a whole new ball — er robot game — this year: it’s taking place in not one, but two cities! Heading back to Houston for the second year this weekend, over 15,000 students in grades K-12, from 25 states and 42 countries, and their custom-built robots …

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Watch the Re-Play of STEMconnector’s Interview with Mae Jemison & Jennifer Sirangelo Discussing Bayer & 4-H’s Science Matters Initiative!

By STEMconnector / March 20, 2018 January 27, 2021 / Health, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, STEM Events, STEM Food & Agriculture

This past Friday, STEMconnector had the chance to sit down with Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space, and Jennifer Sirangelo, President and CEO of the National 4-H Council, in a live-streamed interview to discuss Bayer and 4-H’s Science Matters initiative, which hopes to raise awareness around agriculture science education. During the …

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Are We Preparing the Next Generation for Tomorrow’s Global Challenges? New Study Suggests We Have Work to Do.

By STEMconnector / March 20, 2018 January 27, 2021 / Diversity in STEM, Environment, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, Research and Reports in STEM, STEM Food & Agriculture

Statistics Show 80 Percent of High School Science Teachers Believe Agri-Science Is Important, but Only 22 Percent Teach It Bayer and National 4-H Council “Science Matters” Initiative Seeks to Boost Education and Interest in Agri-Science RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 20, 2018 (PRNewswire) | As the agriculture and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) communities celebrate National Ag Day, …

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Teen Scientists Win $1.8 Million at Regeneron Science Talent Search 2018 with Top Awards for Novel Research on Crop Blight, Vaping and Rare Disease

By STEMconnector / March 13, 2018 January 27, 2021 / Health, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, Science, STEM Competitions, STEM Events

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. and WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, 2018 (PRNewswire) | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Society for Science & the Public today announced that Benjamin “Benjy” Firester, 18, of New York City, won the top award in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2018, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. Forty finalists, including Benjy, were honored …

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Siobhan Mullen (CEO, SAS Games, Inc.): TiViTz Teacher-to-Teacher Challenge Promotes STEM Interest, Connects Classrooms

By STEMconnector / February 16, 2018 January 27, 2021 / EdTech, Foundations, Gaming, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, STEM Competitions

Our popular children’s math and strategy game, TiViTz, has been successfully used by educators in communities around the country as a tool to reinforce math and critical thinking concepts. In some school districts, studies suggest incorporating TiViTz as an in-class resource increases student math test scores by as many as two letter grades. These formal …

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Boeing South Carolina Aims to Connect with Regional Talent Through STEM Premier

By STEMconnector / December 16, 2016 January 27, 2021 / Industry, K-12 Education, Non-Profits

Online platform bridges gap between emerging talent in Charleston-Metro and opportunities within advanced manufacturing December 16, 2016 — CHARLESTON, S.C.— (BUSINESS WIRE) | In an effort to help the Tri-County Region create and retain a qualified talent pipeline for its booming aerospace industry, Boeing South Carolina has again teamed up with Charleston-based STEM Premier. STEM Premier …

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Bayer USA Foundation Awards $75,000 Grant to Connect and Engage Northern California Communities in STEM

By STEMconnector / December 12, 2016 January 27, 2021 / Uncategorized, Non-Profits, STEM Events, STEM Media

History-making Astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison and Congresswoman Barbara Lee Help Launch New CIRCLe Lab at the East Oakland YMCA Dr. Jemison to speak before sold-out crowd at The Commonwealth Club SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12, 2016 (PRNewswire) | Students and families in Northern California will be one step closer to thriving in a technologically-driven age thanks …

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