2017 MD STEM Summary Report EDT2 JUL2018 Update...2017 Planning Committee • Phil Rogofsky, Maryland STEM Festival • Bill Duncan, USRA STEMAction Center • Jess Rowell, STEMJourney

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2017 Planning Committee

• Phil Rogofsky, Maryland STEM Festival• Bill Duncan, USRA STEMAction Center• Jess Rowell, STEMJourney • Dr. Meredith Durmowicz, Stevenson University• Justin Park, Intergalatic Education• Jannette O’Neill-Gonzalez, CONEXIONES• Brittany Lassiter, Prince George’s County Parks and Recreation• Tanesha Bolden, Girls and STEM

2017 Advisory Board

• Penny Cantwell, Education & Workforce Development Chair, Ft. Meade Alliance

• Hans Reimer, Councilman, Montgomery County Council• Jeffrey Griffin, Former Director, Governor’s Office on Service and

Volunteerism• Dr. Karen B. Salmon, Superintendent, Maryland State Department of

Education• Chris Scolese, Director, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center• Anita Anderson, Executive Director, Leadership Maryland Workshop• Dr. Angela Moran, Director of the STEM Center for Education &

Outreach, US Naval Academy• Dr. Victor McCrary, Vice President for Research & Economic

Development, Morgan State University• Jamie Semple, Senior Director, Envision• Dr. Jeffrey Isaacson, President & CEO, Universities Space Research

Association• Zulma Whiteford, STEM Chair, St. Louis School, [provide school

location followed by a comma and the state followed by a comma] Discovery Education Network Leadership Council

• Valerie Gross, President. Maryland Association Public Library Administrators

Festival Supporters• University of Baltimore• American Council of Engineering Companies

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About the 2017 FestivalThe Maryland STEM Festival concluded its successful third year. It continues to make STEM as much fun and accessible as possible. The Festival organizers feel that STEM is for everyone. STEM needs to be embraced by the widest possible audience for Maryland to continue to succeed. The Festival reaches out to all Maryland residents. Some of the groups on which we placed increased emphasis this year included Rural Marylanders, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, and the Disabled.

In response to having been asked to lengthen the Festival, this year we expanded it to 13 days. One of the major reasons for the expansion was to include Halloween to provide an opportunity to tie-in our Spotlighted Area, Agriculture. Among those making this request was the Festival’s biggest partner, the Maryland Public Library Community.

Each year we spotlight a different area of STEM. This year we spotlighted STEM and Agriculture. Agriculture holds a critical role in Maryland’s economy, history and culture. Unfortunately, many people do not connect the extensive use of STEM with producing the food we eat. Even people in the agriculture community do not often recognize these connections. By spotlighting “Ag", we hope to bring more of the agriculture community, particularly rural Maryland, to the Festival to help alleviate these misconceptions. We thought it fitting to use a drone in our material this year because drones are being used in agriculture for soil analysis, planting crops, spraying, irrigation and crop monitoring. The Festival opened and closed with Ag-focused events. In addition, the Festival included over 50 events that focused on Agriculture and STEM.

We want to thank our Festival Champion, University of Maryland College Park, School of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) and our Presenting Institution, Universities Space Research Association (USRA) for their support. AGNR initiatives include advancing innovative, profitable, and sustainable agricultural production systems, ensuring a clean and healthy Chesapeake Bay and establishing a healthy food system and ensuring global food and nutritional security. USRA is a non-profit organization charged to advance space-related science, technology and engineering and dedicated to promoting STEM to all ages.

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The Festival opened on October 31st at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium with the Ag and STEM Summit. The Opening Ceremony was sponsored by US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service.

This summit aimed to encour-age students to consider STEM related agriculture careers. Nearly 500 middle school students participated in the activities presented by the University of Maryland’s School of Agriculture and Na t ur a l Re s ourc e s , US Department of Agriculture, Maryland Depar tment of Agriculture and others. WBAL TV Meteorologist Ava Marie helped kick off the program and two panel discussions about the connection between STEM and agriculture were also included.

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The Festival held two successful events on November 4th to encourage STEM engagement in African American and Hispanic communities. These events brought professionals and educators from the communities to inspire their youth to follow STEM careers. The African American STEM Awareness Event was held in the morning with Lt. Governor Rutherford attending. The Hispanic STEM Awareness was held in the after-noon with Governor Hogan attending. The Hispanic STEM Awareness Event was sponsored by Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Plans are underway to hold these events in multiple locations next year.

STEM Awareness Events, Wilde Lake Middle School,

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The Maryland STEM Festival hosted one of the first events that focused on the vari-ety of jobs and careers that don’t require a four-year college degree, but do require extensive STEM expertise and skills. Over 100 attendees listened to leaders from industry, labor, government, education and the military discuss this critical topic. Major General Cedric T. Wins, RDECOM, and David Etzwiller, President, Siemens Foundation, were the keynote speakers. Planning is underway for a two-day Blue Collar STEM Conference in 2018.

Blue Collar STEM Conference,B & O Railroad Museum,

November 6

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STEM Night and Open House, St. Joan of Arc School,

November 9

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Challenge Island: Antarctic Iceberg, Stevenson Library,

November 2

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Fort Meade Alliance STEM Family Night, Arundel Mills Mall,

November 8

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Keys to Empowering Youth,

University of Maryland,

November 4

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