Impact Stories from Youth Engagement Policy Area
Hands-on STEM (Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund)
Fellow(s): Lebanon cohort
Country: Lebanon
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Youth Engagement
The 2014 Lebanese cohort is promoting a STEM initiative to educate children through hands-on applications. This initiative will work specifically with students at underfunded Lebanese schools.
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South Africa Student Teacher Research Scientists (STAR)
Fellow(s): South Africa cohort
Country: South Africa
Cohort: 2013
Policy Area(s): Youth Engagement
The STAR program is an initiative encouraging female high school students to pursue STEM-related careers and studies. It was launched by the 2013 South African alumnae cohort. In total, 50 high school girls participated in the program. The students participated in a variety of workshops, including electromagnetism, electronics scaling, chemistry, and career exploration.
Report Date...: 1/12/2015

Mentor(s): Katy Dickinson
Company: Mentoring Standard
Mentor Type: Professional
Policy Area(s): Youth Engagement
Working with fellow members of the TechWomen Alumnae Organization, Mentor Katy Dickinson designed a playing deck of cards and poster honoring 54 Emerging Leaders from all four program years. Katy had previously created a card deck featuring notable women in computing, which she distributed at last year’s Grace Hopper Women in Computing Conference. She chose the card deck format because it allows individuals to learn more about women in STEM in a fun and interactive way. The posters and card decks are now in production, and she plans to share these items with students, professionals, and fellow delegates during the TechWomen delegation trip to South Africa later this month.
Read More »Report Date...: 1/5/2015

Kids Genius
Fellow(s): Sabine Kai
Country: Lebanon
Cohort: 2014
Policy Area(s): Youth Engagement
Sabine founded Kids Genius to help children get excited about science. Kids Genius is an organization that orchestrates science workshops for children in Lebanon. Sabine wanted to change the way children interacted with science She does this through school visits, workshops, and hands-on activities.
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Report Date...: 1/5/2015