Antelope Valley College (AVC),
Cerro Coso College, Cal State Long Beach, Antelope Valley Union High School
District (AVUHSD), the Greater Antelope Valley Economic Alliance (GAVEA), and
the AV Board of Trade sponsored the 2nd Annual Greater Antelope
Valley STEMposium on Tuesday, 1 October 2013.
State and local dignitaries welcomed nearly 200 regional business and community
members and educators in attendance at the event, which was held at The
Hellenic Center in Lancaster.
The STEMposium participants
heard an engaging keynote address by LTG Ellen M. Pawlikowski (USAF), Commander
of the Space and Missile Systems Center at the LA Air Force Base, on STEM as an
American competitive advantage, as well as from Dr. Elaine Shen of Beacon
Economics on STEM Workforce trends.
Other presentations included Dr. Tom O’Neil of AVC on connections
between CTE and STEM, a STEM Academy Showcase by Betsy McKinstry and academy
coordinators and students from the AVUHSD, as well as panel discussions by area
education, industry, and young STEM professionals. Display tables were staffed by Joe Walker
Middle School robotics, Palmdale HS Health Careers Academy, PHS Falcon Academy
of Sustainable Technologies, AV High School’s Green Enterprise Academy, and
Knight HS Digital Design & Engineering Academy.
The 2nd Annual Greater AV STEMposium was partially funded by a US Dept. Of Education HSI STEM
grant. Christos Valiotis: Project Director-661-722-6300 x6024
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