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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. STEM is designed to integrate STEM subjects and the art of design in the classroom. These programs aim to teach students to think critically and have an engineering or design approach towards real-world problems while building on their mathematics and science base.

Monica Wheat Talks Digerati Girls, STEMinista Program And How They Work Together To Promote STEM

DETROIT - Digerati Girls Founder Monica Wheat was at the first anniversary celebration of the STEMinista program at the Michigan Science Center - an innovative educational effort to promote careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math to middle school girls. Wheat serves as a mentor and coach for the STEMinista program and coordinates joint activities

By |2017-04-12T17:51:20-04:00April 12th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, STEM|
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Michigan Science Center Reaches Out To Middle School Girls To Introduce Them To STEM

ROYAL OAK - Tonya Matthews, PhD, joins Mike Brennan and Matt Roush on this episode of M2 TechCast to talk about the Michigan Science Center’s STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) outreach program. Matthews, the CEO, has reached out to 42 counties  across the state so far. She created the innovative STEMinista program for girls

By |2017-04-10T20:50:43-04:00April 10th, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts, STEM|
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A Self-Healing, Water-Repellant Coating That’s Ultra Durable

ANN ARBOR - A self-healing, water-repellent, spray-on coating developed at the University of Michigan is hundreds of times more durable than its counterparts. It could enable waterproofing of vehicles, clothing, rooftops and countless other surfaces for which current waterproofing treatments are too fragile. It could also lower the resistance of ship hulls, a step that

By |2017-04-06T15:48:31-04:00April 6th, 2017|STEM|
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Registration Closes April 6 For Michigan Robotics Day Celebration At U-M

ANN ARBOR - Registration closes April 6 for the 2017 Michigan Robotics Day at the University of Michigan North Campus Research Complex April 11, an event celebrating National Robotics Week. It is co-hosted by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and the U-M College of Engineering. Keynote - Paul Snyder, Designing for Advanced Urban Mobility

By |2017-04-05T09:55:04-04:00April 5th, 2017|News, STEM|
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Michigan Science Center Celebrates First Anniversary Of STEMinista Program

DETROIT - Tonya Matthews, PhD, the CEO of the Michigan Science Center, talks about the first anniversary of the STEMinista program, created by her to introduce middle school girls to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math - in hopes they will pursue careers in STEM and help Michigan fill tens of thousands of unfilled jobs in

By |2017-03-31T10:35:40-04:00March 31st, 2017|STEM|
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Career Technical Education Enhancements Bill Passes Michigan House

LANSING - Michigan High school students would have some additional ways to meet the state's high school standards with a focus on career technical education under a package of bills passed by the Michigan House Thursday. Under the bills, HB 4315 and HB 4316, the Michigan Merit Curriculum requirements for arts, foreign language, health education

By |2017-03-30T21:31:44-04:00March 30th, 2017|Politics, STEM|
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3 Grand Valley State Faculty Members Earn Core Fulbright Scholar Awards

ALLENDALE -  Three Grand Valley State University faculty members earned Core Fulbright Scholar awards to teach or conduct research for a semester overseas. They are Lisa Feurzeig, professor of music; Jitendra Mishra, professor of management; and Brian Phillips, professor of sociology. The Fulbright program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and considered

By |2017-03-29T12:29:05-04:00March 29th, 2017|STEM|
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U-M’s Dawn Tilbury To Head NSF Engineering Directorate

ANN ARBOR - The National Science Foundation has selected a University of Michigan mechanical engineering professor to serve as head of its Directorate for Engineering. Dawn Tilbury is a professor of mechanical engineering and former associate dean for research at U-M's College Engineering. NSF's Directorate for Engineering is charged with supporting engineering research and education

By |2017-03-29T12:16:14-04:00March 29th, 2017|STEM|
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Lawrence Tech’s Marburger STEM Center Introduces Young People To Science, Technology, Engineering And Math

ROYAL OAK - Sibrina Nichelle Collins, executive director of Lawrence Tech University’s Marburger STEM Center talks about reaching out to attract more students to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. The shortage of STEM talent has reached a critical state in Michigan. More recently, the STEM center hosted the boy scouts and cub scouts to show

By |2017-03-27T20:28:44-04:00March 27th, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts, STEM|
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Michigan Science Center Celebrates First Anniversary Of Innovative STEMinista Program

ROYAL OAK - Tony Matthews, PhD, the CEO of the Michigan Science Center talks about her innovative STEMinista program for middle school girls from fourth to eight grade to learn more about Science, Technology Engineering and Math. Businesses are seeking to diversify their workforces, and unfortunately less than 30 percent of professionals in STEM are

By |2017-03-20T10:43:57-04:00March 12th, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts, STEM|
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