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The University of Massachusetts, The Mass STEM Collaborative, Are Pleased to Sponsor Monday, October 17, 2005
The "STEM Pipeline" - short for "Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Pipeline" - has sprung a leak. Our K-12 schools are turning out far too few graduates willing or able to study for much needed science and engineering careers. Over 500 people attended the 2nd annual Massachusetts STEM Summit which addressed this growing crisis on October 17th at the Sturbridge Host Hotel and Conference Center in Sturbridge, MA. This year's theme, "Building a Community" reflects the goals of the Summit which includes bringing together educational, industrial, and government leaders in the state so they can share information and resources that will enable school districts to improve student math/science performance and address the issue of college preparedness for all students. The STEM Summit is one way to address these goals, because its ultimate aim is to raise the visibility of the importance of K-12 STEM education so it can meet the needs of future generations. Only through the kind of collaboration represented by the STEM Summit will we increase the future pipeline of youth interested and prepared for careers in science, math and engineering. Congressman Vernon Ehlers (R-Michigan) co-founder of the non-partisan Congressional STEM Caucus, will deliver the keynote address "How to Save Your Kid's Job - and Yours" about STEM education in our K-12 schools and critical workforce needs in this area. Dr. Kati Haycock, Director of the Education Trust in Washington, DC will give a luncheon speech titled "Closing the Achievement Gap." STEM Summit II is organized and funded by the University of Massachusetts, The Mass STEM Collaborative, the National Science Foundation, the Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA), the National Alliance of State Science and Math Coalitions, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, the Massachusetts Department of Education, The Commonwealth Information Technology Initiative and several industry partners including Analog Devices, Inc., Raytheon Corporation, the Millipore Foundation, and Genzyme. For more information on the STEM Summit and other STEM events, please contact Kathleen Rubin, Assistant Dean, College of Engineering, UMass Amherst, 413-545-4757, email: rubin@ecs.umass.edu; or contact Krishna Vedula, founder and executive chair for the Engineering in Mass. Collaborative and professor at UMass Lowell, 978-934-2737, email: Krishna_Vedula@uml.edu.
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