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Easing the path to advanced health care science degrees with Clarkson College

On this “Founders Friday”, we want to highlight the amazing work Clarkson College is doing to ease the path to advanced health care science degrees. Read the full article from the Nebraska Examiner here: https://bit.ly/3Qv0ldb

Omaha STEM celebrates future of technology

Omaha STEM Ecosystem’s last STEM Speaker Connect Event, “Hope and Innovation” featured Jaime Casap, a former Google chief educational evangelist. View the full article in the Omaha World Herald here: https://bit.ly/47cVSDn

Bridging the STEM gap to build a stronger Omaha STEM community

Ahead of National STEM Day and our Hope and Innovation Speaker Connect event on Nov. 8, OSE Executive Committee Member Tony Veland with AIM Institute discusses collective efforts to bridge the STEM gap to create a stronger Omaha STEM Community. Read more in Sunday’s Midlands Voices section of the Omaha World-Herald here: https://bit.ly/40u0YZq  

HYBRID AND BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: Engaging and Motivating Learners Wherever Learning is Happening!

December 3, 2020 The Omaha STEM Ecosystem, in partnership with Project Lead the Way, hosted a virtual presentation, on a key topic that many educators face – engaging and motivating learners in the blended and virtual space of classroom today.  This collaborative session provided tips and tools, on how to…

August 2020 Newsletter

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  Building Omaha’s Future Leaders August 2020 Telling Our Story Jim Dennell, Senior Principle at BCDM Architects, tells his story on how the Omaha STEM Ecosystem collaborated with BCDM in building a stronger STEM community by connecting education and business development for tomorrow’s workforce. BCDM Architects, a STEM business serving…

April 2019 Newsletter

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Building Omaha’s Future Leaders April 2019 Celebrating STEM in Omaha A STEM Professional You Should Know! Chris Schaben, Ph.D. Dr. Chris Schaben, is the science supervisor for Omaha Public Schools (OPS), the largest urban district in Nebraska.  Dr. Schaben is a passionate science/STEM education leader who inspires teachers and students….

March 2019 Newsletter

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    Building Omaha’s Future Leaders March 2019 Celebrating STEM in Omaha A STEM Professional You Should Know! Mike Girón Mike Girón is a painter, muralist, graphic artist and educator.  He began working large-scale on New Orleans Mardi Gras parade floats in 1992.  In the past five years, he has…

January 2019 Newsletter

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 Building Omaha’s Future Leaders January 2019 Celebrating STEM in Omaha STEM Professional You Should Know! Victoria Novak Victoria Novak is the Director of Workforce & IT Innovation at Metropolitan Community College, Center for Advanced and Emerging Technology, a position that aims to drive public-private partnerships to enhance the Omaha area’s…

November 2018 Newsletter

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Building Omaha’s Future Leaders November 2018 Celebrating STEM in Omaha STEM Professional You Should Know! Jim Dennell Jim Dennell is the President of BCDM Architects in Omaha, Nebraska and is a graduate of The University of Nebraska Lincoln’s Architecture of College. BCDM’s mission is “Creating environments that form people”. Since…

October 2018 Newsletter

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Building Omaha’s Future Leaders October 2018 Celebrating STEM In Omaha STEM Professional You Should Know! Christine Cutucache, Ph.D. Christine Cutucache, Ph.D. is the Haddix Community Chair of Science and Associate Professor of Biology at UNO. Even though Dr. C is a Wisconsin native, she received all of her formal training here…