On Tuesday, April 30 at 1871 in the Merchandise Mart Plaza, Girls 4 Science held its annual student STEM Showcase, which featured a discussion lead by
Ilene Gordon,
Retired Chairman, President, and CEO of Ingredion, and panelists
Kari K. Steele,
President, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago;
Patricia Saldaña Natke,
President and Design Principal at UrbanWorks Ltd; and
Suzzette Jaskowiak
Divisional Vice President
Pharmacy, Healthcare & Customer Engagement Technology at Walgreens.
This year's Female STEM Professional of the Year was awarded to
Gayle Jones, Director of Patient Access at Horizon Pharma.
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Jackie Lomax and Patricia Salda
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Janice Feinberg, Synim Rivers and Jackie Lomax
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Panel led by Ilene Gordon with Kari Steele, Patricia Salda
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Alexus Davis and LaShonda Sherman
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Enid Lewis and Shanae Ullman
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Anthony and Edith Williams
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Jackie Lomax, Ilene Gordon, Kari Steele, Patricia Salda
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G4S Student Karmon Hearan
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Ilene Gordon, Alan Brazil and Jackie Lomax
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Kelvin and Monique Carpenter
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Aseet Patel, Monica Metzler, Tatyana Shestopalava, and Azuka Dike
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Kendall Carpenter, London Tyler, and Logan Lomax
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Tawana Quarles, London Tyler, and Jasmine Tyler
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Trevor Rayhons, Amanda Phraner, Michelle Rivas, and Katie Casey
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Marina Damiano and Tiffany Russotto
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I'm Katie Davis and I've been volunteering for G4S for about three years.
Currently I am a process engineer for Blommer Chocolate. I help ensure equipment runs properly and quality chocolate keeps flowing!
My favorite memory with G4S was building Rube Goldberg machines. It was so much fun to keep building more complicated and longer machines with the girls through trial and error. They turned out so well!
My words of wisdom to students:
Don't let fear of failure prevent you from trying anything. Just keep pretending you know what you are doing. No one will know the difference, even you!
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2019 Space Camp Winners Are:
Afua Rashid
Audra Spielman
Taylor Butler
sponsored by:
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G4S students and team members from the University of St. Francis location.
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Students at the Malcolm X location working on their online magazines.
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Highlights from Spring 2019 Session … CODING
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During the spring module, students continued learning topics in Coding. Working in groups, the girls designed online magazines showcasing women in science, technology, engineering and math. For six weeks the groups were immersed with CSS, Java Script and HTML. The girls each played a role in building the online magazines and presenting their work to their families on April 10
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The link below features some of the online magazines that were created by student groups from the Malcolm X location.
https://gwcmalcolmx.weebly.com
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G4S team members and the student recipient of a Raspberry Pi DIY Computer
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Alyssa Edwards in Springfield, IL on Tech Day 2019
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G4S Friends and Family Skating Fundraiser May 11th
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Your generous donations help us expand our programs and expose more girls to STEM and the career opportunities available.
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Other Ways to Support G4S
- Sponsor a Saturday Science Academy
- Host a Saturday Science Quarter
- Donate program supplies
- Sponsor a bus for a G4S field trip
- Provide refreshments for a G4S Saturday Science Academy
- Sponsor G4S T-shirts with your company logo
- Become a volunteer
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