STEAM Collaboration Paper

Watson, A. and Watson, G, describe STEAM as, “a practical and holistic model that is rooted in economic need, ensuring more relevance with consumers’ experiences. Inclusion of artistic thinking in the education of scientists and engineers improves their ability to create relevant products and services.” (Watson and Watson, 2013) The resulting paradigm shift disrupts the structured,

Responsibility, leadership and commitment are often associated with the term “society.” Being a member of a club requires responsibility, leadership and commitment.However, society often secludes the fact that people who leave their mark on this world, also have imagination. The National Junior Honor Society should consider me for their program because not only do I possess these three traits, but I also have creativity. Creativity has created the most radical inventions ever

From my perspective, the information of patrons in Inspiration Space should be treated as an asset for bringing new changes in the technology that is available to the people to enhance their professional skills and

In a recent program, students worked with the College of Integrated Science and Technology. Professors from four different departments created a hands-on experience for the scholars. First, scholars learned about the ethics of science and technology by creating a short story with a monster and drawing out how the story should go. In the next session, scholars put their stories to life using MIT’s Scratch program, a basic and fun introduction to coding. The goal of these programming days is to teach the scholars a new skill they can develop, as well as to introduce to them to activities, and possibly careers, which they may not have been familiar with. Each programming day ends with a free lunch provided to each of the 70

Interprofessional collaboration is an important component in any health care. According to the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Code of Ethics, Individuals shall uphold the dignity and autonomy of the professions, maintain collaborative and harmonious interprofessional and intraprofessional relationships, and accept the professions’ self-imposed standards (ASHA, 2016). With this in mind, it is our duty as future speech-language pathologist (SLPs) to adhere to this principle. Clinicians should utilize every resource available to assist his/her client. This even includes if the client needs a referral to a different specialist.

A challenging new opportunity presented itself as Pat became the STEM instructor for Davidson County’s newest, most innovative middle school, Oak Grove. While she Incorporated her passion for driving students to reach their maximum potential she became a leader in the teaching community as the EXCEL (encourage, excellence, character, enthusiasm and leadership) sponsor for our PBIS team, a sponsor for the Robotics Team, and promoted numerous fundraisers throughout the entire school year for the general purpose of extending educational opportunities for all the students at Oak

Innovation and creativity is what sets humans apart. To get where we are today, humans have created tools, ideas, stories, medicine, technology, and more that nobody has created before; and thus, they create a precedent for our society. The common phrase “What will they think of next?” is then asked, and shortly after the question is answered with another new, inspiring innovation. We have committees today like the Nobel Prize and The MacArthur Foundation that recognize innovators and role models who instigate a positive change in our society. These awards not only commemorate the recipients, but broadcast their ideas, creations, or stories, that in turn inspire others to do the same.

Finally, just an idea – is everyone willing to have this program be submitted for innovation grant? As this is tied up to the institution not the person submitting, I recommend that the program be tied to VISN 8 rather than any specific VAMC. I can ask Victoria of who will be the specific POC and we can include this in the meeting agenda.

Discussion of 2015 UNCF Diversity & Inclusion STEM (STEAM) Forum (Hosted at Hyatt New York)—closed a 3-year contract

I hope to continue this work at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships paired with a focus under the field of The Netter Center’s ABCS courses such as “The Role of Water in Urban Sustainability and Resiliency” and “The Community Physics Initiative.” The Pennovation Center, located on the Schuylkill River, with its emphasis on thought leadership, civic engagement, and transformative innovation is the ideal home for a project of this scope.

Recognized as being one of the top 34 degree-granting public research institutions that belongs to the prominent Association of American Universities, the University of Colorado (CU) prides itself on providing a lasting effect on its communities through “collaborative research, innovation and entrepreneurship” (para. 1). This university consists of a system of three other public, not-for-profit universities, which are the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Colorado Denver, and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

“We’re drawn to the image of the lone genius whose mystical moment of insight changes the world. But the lone genius is a myth; instead, it’s group genius that generates breakthrough innovation. When we collaborate, creativity unfolds across people; the sparks fly faster, and the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”

Personal observations from participating in Masie Center events and my work as a Masie Fellow. (The Masie Center identifies as an "International thinktank dedicated to exploring the intersection of learning and technology.”)

Our partnership has supported the facilitation of one-day STEM innovation camps, which have provided real life technology based business challenges for the students to tackle with our employee volunteers. Over 900 students and 70 employees in Italy, Spain, South Africa, France, Sweden and the UK have all had the chance to participate in these forward-thinking innovation camps.

For the service learning project, I teamed up with three of my classmates to volunteer at a lady’s conference at Imani Restoration Centre church (IRCC) on the 16th of September, 2017. IRCC is a non-profit organization which is a Kenyan community founded that focuses on bringing African immigrants together to support and learn the things of God. Samuel Mwangi, the senior pastor of IRCC, said that through the counseling sessions that he holds at the church every Thursday, he discovered that most ladies go through the same challenges. Therefore, he thought it would be great for him to organize a lady’s conference, so that ladies could come together to share and support each other (Personal communication, September, 16, 2017)