December 1, 2023

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Happy December from STEMinist! In this issue read all about our upcoming events and programs, hear from past participants and more! Get inspired and get involved with all the STEM news that STEMINIST brings to you! This includes upcoming events, exciting STEM news, and news about you and your peers.
Upcoming Events that you don't want to miss!
 

Fireside Chat - All Things Sustainability

Jan. 18th, 2023 5:00-6:00pm CT/6:00-7:00pm ET

Join Sunny Elebua, Exelon’s Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy & Sustainability Office and Courtney Crenshaw, ComEd’s Environmental Program Manager, for an engaging talk about energy, sustainability strategies, and what the future of sustainability looks like. Bring your questions for these two visionary leaders in sustainability.
Register here!

The 2024 Exelon Foundation STEM Academy is here!

NOW OPEN: Applications for the 2024 Exelon Foundation STEM Academy!

Love hearing all about the Exelon Foundation STEM Academy? Now is your chance to apply! Applications are officially open from now until April 11th, 2024.


The Exelon Foundation STEM Academy is a free, week-long in-person event. Learn from women working in STEM and business leaders. Visit energy facilities, explore sustainability, energy efficiency, renewable energy and climate change!


For more information about the Exelon Foundation STEM Academy, please visit: Exelon Foundation STEM Academy (exelonstemacademy.org)
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Happy Holidays from The Exelon Foundation STEM Academy Team!

Wishing you a New Year filled with STEM cheer!


As this year comes to an end, The Exelon Foundation STEM Academy team would like to wish you the happiest of holidays and a Happy New Year!


We are excited to see what 2024 has in store and we want to thank you all for your support in all things STEM!

Hear from one of our Alumnae, Teegan Mathey!

My name is Teegan Mathey, I am from Aurora Illinois, and I attended the Chicago STEM Academy in the summer of 2019. The academy helped me to connect with so many wonderful mentors within the energy field and truly solidified a career I wanted to pursue in Environmental Science, specifically in the energy sector. Since the academy, I have completed three internships with ComEd, was selected for the STEM Academy scholarship, and I am now a junior at The University of Alabama majoring in Environmental Science.

In April of 2023, I was selected to serve the Student Government Association on the Executive Cabinet as Director of Environmental Affairs. Through this role, I am able to use the large platform of the SGA to promote positive environmental change through a variety of programming and initiatives. I have been very busy this year, as I want to make the absolute most of this opportunity and help effect as much change as possible.

Pictured above: Teegan Mathey at The ComEd Ice Box Derby this past summer.

Since I’ve landed the role, here are some of the things I’ve been working on:



The first annual “Another Person’s Treasure” drive collected specific items from freshmen in the residential halls to donate to a variety of nonprofits across Tuscaloosa. The initiative aimed to decrease the waste footprint of the university while supporting the Tuscaloosa community. Throughout finals week, the Student Government Association successfully facilitated donations of over 1,500 blankets, towels, and sheets to Tuscaloosa Metro Animal Shelter, hundreds of school supply items to Tuscaloosa County Schools, and hundreds of dorm decor items to Tuscaloosa Habitat for Humanity. The school supplies items included notebooks, folders, binders, pencils, paper, desk and drawer organizational items and more. The dorm decor items included frames, art, shelving, lamps, curtains, mirrors and more.

Click the link below to learn more about what Teegan is doing and stay tuned for more from our STEM Academy Alumnae!
Read more here!

Teegan Mathey is a 2021 Exelon Foundation STEM Academy Scholarship recipient.


You can read more about Teegan's story as well as our other Scholarship Winners at exelonstemacademy.org


Applications for the Exelon Foundation STEM Academy Scholarship will open in January 2024.

STEM on the Web!
 

Meet The Women Helping Advance Climate Technology - Grace Connors

"According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, for the world to meet international climate targets, carbon removal from the atmosphere is an important piece of the puzzle. That’s why Conners, as Head of Development and Testing at Charm Industrial, is focused on decreasing the overall warming effect of greenhouse gasses, such as carbon dioxide, by permanently removing it from our atmosphere."
 
 

Read all about Grace Connors who is testing the limits and working to remove carbon from the atmosphere and to bring awareness to the state of the future of our planet.


Click the link to read more the work Connors is doing and to learn more about her journey in getting there.
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Science behind Snowflakes


Dr Ken Libbrecht received a B.S. in physics at Caltech in 1980. He was originally trained as a solar astronomer, but Libbrecht is better known now as the world expert on snowflakes.


Watch this YouTube Video and learn all about how snowflakes form, the science behind "no two are alike" and more!
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