From the Nerd Herd — February 2025
Before I became a Project Manager at Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance, I was a middle school STEM teacher and led an after-school Girls’ STEM Club in Claremore Public Schools. In late 2019, I went to a TRSA SeaPerch training – I had no idea what SeaPerch was before that, and had to do a little research to figure it out. But after the full-day training, I knew this underwater robotics competition would be a fantastic opportunity for my Girls’ STEM Club.
Digital Badge and PEAR: Update & New Cohort Deadline
Over the course of 2023, we have been developing the foundation for digital badges, working with our first cohort of partners to determine the best methods to award badges and measure their impact within our ecosystem. Partners collected data and student artifacts from summer camps and we will be collectively deciding on the framework for […]
Join our Meteorology Curriculum Coalition
We are excited to announce a collaborative effort to design a curriculum alongside the Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO) at the University of Oklahoma. Background Weather connects people of all ages, races, nationalities, genders, and socioeconomic status. Experts report that severe weather’s impact is disproportionately harmful to socially vulnerable […]
We need YOU to gain MOMENTUM!
Emerging as a need from multiple community members, the new Collective Impact program called MOMENTUM is focused on providing evidence of skills earned by youth in the form of digital badges, formalized and impactful partnerships across our ecosystem, results-driven data and evaluation opportunities, and resources and funding to ensure STEM is everywhere. The first phase […]
Announcing STEM Hub: Central Tulsa
Dear STEM Champions, Following the launch of the STEM Hub: North Tulsa, Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance will launch our second STEM Hub in the coming months in Central Tulsa. Thanks to a new partnership with the YMCA of Greater Tulsa, a portion of the Tandy Family YMCA will soon be filled with STEM programming for […]
