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Georgia and Indiana join STEMx!

Jun 18, 2013

One year ago, STEM education leaders from 13 different states formed a new partnership where they could share innovations and coordinate sustained action across the country. Today, Georgia and Indiana became the fifth and sixth states to join the STEMx™network in the past year. This announcement caps a year of development and growth for the network, which now includes more than a third of the nation’s states.

“Every day, leaders in business, education and government are searching for ways to bring more great STEM teaching into their communities,” said Margaret Ashida, Director of STEMx. “The STEMx network empowers them with the creativity, knowledge and experience of their colleagues across the country.”

The STEMx network offers a new kind of STEM partnership – by the states, for the states. The advocates and leaders in the STEMx network share and spread proven, local solutions to help solve national challenges. They work together on issues like STEM education policy, teaching practice, innovation in the classroom and after-school, communications and advocacy. The network is operated by BattelleEd, a venture of Battelle.

“The growth of STEM teaching and learning offers America a competitive advantage in the global economy and the vibrant STEMx network will play an essential role in fostering and spreading educational innovation,” said Eric Fingerhut, Vice President of Education and STEM Learning at Battelle.

TAG Education Collaborative (TAG-Ed), the charitable organization established by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), is dedicated to preparing the next-generation workforce by uniting TAG resources with leading STEM education initiatives. For the past 11 years, TAG-Ed has offered a variety of hands-on technology programs to engage students in STEM learning in order to provide a glimpse into the exciting opportunities technology careers provide.

“We are excited to join STEMx to learn how other states are addressing the shortfall of qualified technology workers,” said Michael Robertson, executive director of TAG-Ed. “There are over 4000 unfilled jobs in Georgia’s technology sector, and this number will only grow unless we can foster student interest in STEM to increase our tech ready workforce. By joining STEMx, we hope to strengthen our efforts as well as contribute to the network’s thought leadership.”

Started in 2006 as a collaboration among 18 institutions of higher education in 10 regions throughout Indiana, the I-STEM Resource Network is a partnership of public and private higher education institutions, K-12 schools, businesses, and government. I-STEM works to support K–12 teachers and leaders working to implement high academic standards towards STEM literacy for all students.

“Indiana is pleased to be able to join STEMx to share best practices with other STEMx members” said Paul Ainslie, Managing Director of the I-STEM Resource Network. “I-STEM, The Indiana Department of Education, the Governor’s Office, and Purdue University look forward to working with STEMx as we focus on improving the career and college readiness of Indiana’s graduates.”

You can view the full release  here .

By Rob Evans 01 Nov, 2023
by Heather Sherman, Director of STEMx The 2023 STEM Innovation Forum: Activating Collaborations to Advance an Inclusive STEM Workforce was a success! Through our collaboration with STEMconnector and Million Women Mentors, we convened 160 leaders from industry, government, non-profit organizations, and education institutions from all over the United States to discuss strategies and best practices to support the STEM workforce. We were honored to host a variety of dynamic speakers including: Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado Brynt Parmeter, Chief Talent Management Officer, U.S. Department of Defense Dr. Athina Kanioura, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, PepsiCo and Dr. Lisa Hinkelman, Founder and CEO of Ruling Our eXperiences (RoX). We extend our gratitude to our panelists, Learning Session speakers, and participants who joined us in Denver. Broadening participation We set out share information on trends in STEM education and workforce development, with an emphasis on broadening participation in STEM careers. Resources from sessions highlighting strategies for broadening participation are linked below: DoD STEM: Developing a STEM Workforce to Support the National Security Mission Priming the Pump for High Demand STEM Careers STEM Workforce Readiness for Teen Girls: “If She Can See It, She Can Be It” Driving change Another goal of the forum was to feature high impact strategies, programs and solutions that are driving change, and STEMx members from LASTEM , the PAST Foundation and MBRT showed how they are engaging youth and building career awareness through their workforce programs. Emerging technologies We looked towards the future to better understand how emerging technologies will change the world and the ways we must prepare STEM talent for jobs in logistics, artificial intelligence, research safety , bioenergy , and renewable technologies. Chevron‘s sponsored panel, “Cultivating the Talent to Drive the Innovation and Technologies for Ever-Cleaner Energy” was a rich discussion featuring experts from Chevron, Project Lead the Way and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Dr. Jamie Vernon, Executive Director, and CEO, Sigma Xi Society was a fantastic moderator for this discussion. Next steps We have linked event resources including videos, slide decks and collateral on the event landing page . The event photo gallery is located there as well. If you attended, please complete our 30 second event survey . Five lucky winners will be selected at random to receive a Forum water bottle! More importantly, your feedback matters to us. If you did not attend, mark your calendar for next fall - we’re looking to make next year even bigger! If you are interested in hosting in your state, or have thoughts about compelling content that we should include, please reach out to Heather Sherman .
By Rob Evans 03 Oct, 2023
Join us for The STEM Innovation Forum: Activating Collaborations to Advance an Inclusive STEM Workforce
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