SW STEM NEWS
  July 28, 2017
2017 Professional Development in action

The summer is always a busy time as the Scale-Up awardees complete the required professional development.  There are 18 days of training taking place for the SW Regional Awardees in multiple programs.
New providers welcomed to the Iowa STEM Program for the first time include:
  • Engineering the Future (EtF)
  • Ramps & Pathways

The SW STEM Region will be working with over 250 educators in the Scale-Up implementation process in during the fall of 2017.

 

AND if you want to get some hands-on experience with the programs which are rolling out for the STEM 2017-18 year, see the provider programs in action.

 

DON'T MISS STEM DAY at the Iowa State Fair!!!

 

In the greatest edition ever of the STEM Day experiences, be at the:

Iowa State Fairgrounds' Grand Concourse on

 

SUNDAY AUGUST 20th

 

Thousands of Iowans gather each year for the meeting of the greatest STEM minds in the state.

 

Remember it is said that Nothing Compares to the Iowa State Fair!
In This Issue
STEM BILLBOARDS APPEAR ACROSS IOWA
 
The mission behind the Governor's STEM program is to grow that future Iowa workforce, so what better inspiration than Iowans doing Iowa jobs.  A set of career pictures has been released which show Iowans with many Iowa careers. There are currently nine featured occupations from nine Iowa employers crossing the state.
These billboards also partner with the career videos produced over the last year which are archived on the State STEM website.
The SW STEM Region has a billboard on the east side of Creston directly on the Highway 34 corridor.


Welcome to new SW STEM Region Advisory Board members!
Appointments made June 30th

The regional direction for the STEM Initiative comes from the volunteer members of the SW STEM Region Advisory Board.  This is a Governor appointed Board and a term is 3 years; each year one third of the 15-member board is up for re-appointment or replacement.
Welcome to re-appointed members Kim Carter of IWCC Council Bluffs Campus and Heidi Lowthorp of Sidney representing School Boards of SW Iowa.
Newly appointed members include:
  • Larry Johnson of Iowa Workforce Development Creston Center
  • Janell Leinen of Nishnabotna REC Harlan
  • James Holwegner USAF 132 ISRG
  • Dr. Jane Hall Chaillie of Graceland University

There is one additional appointment pending so the Board should soon be at its capacity of 15.