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 to correct the imbalance of gender diversity in technology and computing. The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing honors high school women who...
See how KC leaders support STEM ed, celebrate groundbreaking and ribbon cuttings + more regional news in the September newsletter....
Mentor Makers, a mentoring program developed by KC STEM Alliance, has expanded into four high schools this academic year, with an emphasis on building relationships between students and female STEM professionals over the course of the school year. The program recruits and provides support for teams...
The 300-some high school seniors who slipped into Burns & McDonnell’s World Headquarters on a rainy September morning heard one message loud and clear: Kansas City is invested in preparing its students for STEM careers. The students, all enrolled in Project Lead The Way’s Engineering Design...
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 education legislation in a special session called by Governor Mike Parson, KC STEM Alliance Executive Director Martha McCabe noted the renewed effort...
A KC STEM Summit recap + a call for information, STEM conferences coming to KC and new resources to share in the August newsletter....
EXPLORER POST FIRST NIGHTER: August 28 Black & Veatch invites students and their parents to the first meeting of the Black & Veatch Explorer Post 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, at 11401 Lamar Ave. Overland Park, KS 66211. (Use the south doors.) The Post...
Catch up on July news from the greater Kansas City STEM Community here....
Christina Chandler joins the KC STEM Alliance team as FIRST LEGO League and FIRST LEGO League Junior Partner for the Kansas City region. With more than eight years of working with all levels of FIRST in her work with the Center and Kansas City Missouri School...
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 Stag Robotics Team 1997, where Kebra served as a marketing mentor and team parent along with her husband, Louis. Her children, Andrew...