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Building interest with students in STEM careers from an early age is a promising part of the talent solution, a tactic aimed at growing the future workforce.
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BASF Seneca hosts Clemson STEM students for day of learning event
The STEM Start initiative is open to all admitted summer and fall start students from South Carolina who are first-generation college students majoring in STEM fields.
Greenville County’s new CTE Innovation Center offers students hands-on STEM learning
The center welcomes its first cohort of 145 students from across the county’s high schools Aug. 8.
USC Upstate gets $750K grant to recruit low-income STEM students
The first group begins fall 2023 and the second group the following fall.
GE holds STEM camp for 28 middle school girls at CU-ICAR
28 middle-school age girls from Greenville County visited Greenville’s CU-ICAR to learn how to design wind turbines and build miniature solar cars.
Task force says urgent, systemic renovation of education needed
Members of a statewide High School Task Force said South Carolina’s high schools need “urgent, systemic renovation” if they are to prepare students for success in college and careers.
‘LinkedIn for students’ pairs with state firms to launch STEM initiative
State firms hope to use sports recruiting methods to build the workforce pipeline, leaders announced today at the 5th annual South Carolina Automotive Summit in Greenville.
Clemson University student scores prestigious astronaut scholarship
The six surviving members of NASA's Mercury 7 mission founded the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation in 1984 to encourage students to pursue STEM careers.
U.S. National Science Foundation awards $592K grant to Converse University
The funds will be used to expand the school’s STEM outreach program, Science, Technology, Arts and Research Scholars.
GCS breaks ground on $12.7M Career and Technical Education Innovation Center
Greenville County Schools will soon have a new CTE Innovation Center that will focus on STEM education and careers.
Greenville County Schools participates in GE Girls Camp
General Electric Power hosted its fourth annual GE Girls Camp in June. The program is designed to engage girls with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) through numerous activities and day trips…
Looking to the ‘The Law of Attraction’ to address the ‘talent issue’
By John Lummus 3.4 percent, 3.8 percent and 3.9 percent. Those were the 2018 average unemployment rates for the Upstate, South Carolina and United States, respectively. And the trend has continued in 2019. Tracked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the rate of people seeking work is a top indicator of economic health. Low […]
Upstate diversity leaders recognized at award dinner
The event honoring individuals and organizations for diversity and inclusion efforts was presented by the Greenville Chamber and the Riley Institute at Furman University with partner Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce.
Brother-sister duo receives national recognition for Adopt-A-Stream efforts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently named the Enggasser siblings as winners of a 2016 Presidential Environmental Youth Award.
Greenville Technical College works to mitigate risks, leverage benefits of AI
Greenville Technical College continues to navigate the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom.