KC STEM Alliance

Volunteer with FIRST this season

KC STEM Alliance provides the FIRST Robotics tournament experience to over 3,000 kindergarten-12th grade students in the Kansas City area, which requires a...

25 October, 2018

NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award: Apply by Nov. 5, 2018

NCWIT (National Center for Women in Technology) is a non-profit community of more than 650 universities, companies, non-profits and government organizations nationwide working...

08 October, 2018

Mentor Makers: Building Connections to Inspire STEM Careers

Mentor Makers, a mentoring program developed by KC STEM Alliance, has expanded into four high schools this academic year, with an emphasis on...

25 September, 2018

KC steps up to support engineering students

The 300-some high school seniors who slipped into Burns & McDonnell’s World Headquarters on a rainy September morning heard one message loud and...

24 September, 2018

KC STEM Alliance: Computer Science Education

Missouri special session elevates ongoing work to improve and expand K-12 computer science education KANSAS CITY, MO—As Missouri lawmakers resume work on computer science...

12 September, 2018

Black & Veatch Explorer Post introduces engineering disciplines to high schools students

EXPLORER POST FIRST NIGHTER: August 28 Black & Veatch invites students and their parents to the first meeting of the Black & Veatch Explorer...

22 August, 2018

Meet Christina Chandler: FIRST LEGO League + FLL Jr. Partner

Christina Chandler joins the KC STEM Alliance team as FIRST LEGO League and FIRST LEGO League Junior Partner for the Kansas City region. With...

15 July, 2018

Kebra Rios joins KC STEM Alliance team to coordinate FIRST Robotics volunteers

Kebra Rios is our new volunteer coordinator for FIRST events. You may have seen Kebra around—the Rios family is part of Bishop Miege’s...

15 July, 2018

Kauffman Foundation grant supports KC STEM Alliance efforts to build STEM-ready workforce

Since 2011, the KC STEM Alliance has shaped the regional implementation of two nationally renowned STEM education programs--Project Lead The Way, a project-based...

13 July, 2018

Museum at Prairie Fire to pilot space-themed engineering unit in partnership with Museum of Science, Boston

This summer, the Museum at Prairiefire will help launch a course endorsed by NASA during which kids will design and create a space...

13 June, 2018

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