2016 California STEM Symposium

Designing Our Future The 2016 California STEM Symposium brought together thousands of teachers, administrators, students, higher education representatives, program providers, philanthropic representatives and industry representatives to engage them in STEM education by providing strategies and resources for program implementation. OC STEM had the wonderful opportunity to present two sessions at the symposium on October [...]

STEM Learning Ecosystems in US News

US News & World Report published an Op-Ed co-written by Gerald Solomon, Executive Director of the Samueli Foundation and current OC STEM Chair and Ron Ottinger, Executive Director of the Noyce Foundation. Both serve as Co-Chairs of the STEM Funders Network. The article is entitled, All Parts of Community Should Aid in STEM Learning and can be [...]

November 24th, 2015|Categories: Archive|Tags: , , , , , , |

OC Ecosystem in DC for Ecosystems Initiative

Earlier this month, a group of OC STEM members and partners were among leaders from 27 state and regional networks who met at the White House as part of the first gathering of the STEM Learning Ecosystems Initiative. Created by the national STEM Funders Network, this new initiative is designed to bring STEM to life for [...]

November 24th, 2015|Categories: Archive|Tags: , , , , , , |

National Astronomy Night & STEM Networks

Contact: Linda Christopher COMMUNITY NAME – Orange County PHONE NUMBER – 949 760-4407 EMAIL ADDRESS: lchristopher@ocstem.org As White House Focuses Nation’s Attention on Astronomy, STEM Funders Network Announces Goal for 100 City and Regional STEM Networks (October 19, 2015 – Washington, DC) Building on more than a decade of research into successful STEM collaborations, the [...]

October 19th, 2015|Categories: Archive|Tags: , , , , , |