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STEMconnector Ebook Series: User Experience
The purpose of our ebooks is to elevate, enlighten and educate on the importance of STEM and the world of opportunities for individuals who pursue STEM education and training. Each ebook focuses on a STEM-fueled industry or topic highlighting the companies, careers, and learning pathways to opportunities within the field. Ultimately, we hope to reach
COVID-19’s Impact on Retirement Savings for Women
Covid-19 has changed the world in ways big and small and in ways we cannot yet measure. When the shutdowns started, the sudden need to provide caregiving while working greatly impacted women. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly three million women have exited the American workforce in the past year. This compounds
Women in Insurance Initiate a Second Fact-Based Study on Gender Parity and Diversity
Million Women Mentors’ Women in Insurance Initiative (WII) has launched its second data collection effort, Driving Change for Women in Insurance — Data Insights 2021. WII is calling for industry-wide participation in Driving Change 2021, a unique and important effort to share fact-based information on employee demographics, diversity, equity & inclusion programs, gender parity initiatives
Sea Powered by STEM
Jack Sheehy is a freshman at Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, CA. He applied and was accepted into the US Naval Academy’s very competitive Summer STEM Program. We asked him to share his experiences with that program for a look into the future of this future STEM star. Science, technology, engineering, and math were
Northwestern Mutual’s hi, Tech Minicamp & Internship Program
Northwestern Mutual’s commitment to growing its STEM-ready pipeline starts early. Rather than waiting to start investing in internships at the college level, the financial services organization starts years earlier than other companies. Stacy Zaja leads the company’s K-12 STEM outreach program, hi, Tech, which includes a signature summer Tech Minicamp & Internship program for high
Companies Taking Climate Action
The burden of climate change isn’t just for you and me to shoulder. Some of the biggest companies are joining the flight on the corporate level and making headline worthy differences. Here is a look at our top-ten publicly traded companies fighting climate change in 2021 and winning: Google Beginning where we all begin any
Abbott Creates New STEM Pathways with College Credit for High School Internship
It’s been nearly two years since Abbott launched its Abbott Blueprint, aimed at broadening STEM horizons for high school students through a first-of-its-kind internship initiative playbook for other companies to follow. No stranger to the STEM internship game, Abbott first started an internship program for high school students in 2012 with an “each one, reach
White Paper: Adaptive Technologies Help Create Equitable Opportunities for Underrepresented College Students in STEM
NEW YORK, N.Y. (June 22, 2021) – Despite meaningful and sustained efforts, the STEM talent deficit remains, with insufficient talent available to meet the demand. A new whitepaper from STEMconnector and McGraw Hill offers valuable insights from educators, administrators and employers regarding the position of two-year colleges in the STEM ecosystems and how opportunities can be
News Release: P&G Pakistan pledges to mentor 500 women under STEMconnector’s Million Women Mentors initiative
PAKISTAN, May 31, 2021 – In its mission to promote the economic participation of women in the workforce in Pakistan, P&G Pakistan recently made a pledge to mentor 500 women under Million Women Mentors (MWM), an initiative of STEMconnector, to spark interest and confidence in women and girls to pursue STEM careers and leadership opportunities