Inspiring the Future: High School STEMinists Share Their Stories
lden Sherrill and Eleanor Lyons, two inspiring high school students, joined us live in the WE23 Diverse Podcast Studio to share their journeys, including their mentors in STEM. Interviewed by Karen Horting, CEO and executive director of SWE, Lyons and Sherrill reflect on their hands-on experiences in programs such as SWENext, FIRST, and Apple’s Engineering Technology Camp. Also, hear about their future plans, their story of meeting Tim Cook, and their advice on how professional engineers can...
Apple & FIRST Change Students’ Lives with Robotics!
Video, c/o Brian Tong (YouTube channel) Apple CEO Tim Cook was the Guest of Honor at the FIRST Inspires Gala. FIRST is a global robotics community preparing young people for the future and the world's leading youth-serving nonprofit advancing STEM education. Apple has provided financial support, mentorship, and volunteering to FIRST for eight years now, with a prominent focus on supporting robotics programming for Title I schools and other under-resourced schools/communities. #apple #timcook...
Monterey Peninsula robotics team is young, but confident
Monterey Herald - Bailey Bedford - Mar. 8th, 2019 PACIFIC GROVE — Local students are putting a robot they designed and built up against robots of teams of older students in Fresno this weekend. The young team believes the future is theirs. “These kids have literally put in over 100 hours into their robot and team and has been one of the most inspirational, if not the most inspirational thing I’ve been directly a part of,” said Matt Lussier, the team coach, by email. The team brought together...