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Joint STEM Initiative Podcast

Produced by QCRA(Queen City Robotics Alliance). This podcast is to facilitate communication between businesses, schools, government, professional societies, faith-based institutions, and other community service organizations to promote career readiness and enhance upward economic mobility. We also work closely with the STEM roundtable group in Charlotte to promote awareness of education supporting programs featured by area businesses, schools, government, professional societies, faith-based institutions, and other community service organizations.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the podcast with notes and videos.

  1. Helping Next Generation with STEM by SIM

    12/02/2022

    Helping Next Generation with STEM by SIM

    In this episode, we talk with Elizabeth and Chris from Society for Information Management (SIM) Charlotte chapter, a professional society of over 5,000 IT leaders. They share with us their passion and enthusiasm for promoting STEM through SIM’s three avenues of outreach: K-12 STEM/STEAM education programs, educational scholarships, and adult training.The future business community needs an ample supply of talent and SIM is helping individuals acquire the skills they’ll need to succeed. T...

    26 min
  2. Why Bosch Invests in FIRST

    26/08/2021

    Why Bosch Invests in FIRST

    Do you know BOSCH, a global Fortune 500 company, has invested in the FIRST Robotics Program for the past 20 years. We know a company like BOSCH wouldn’t invest in something without a good return. So, what is the secret that makes BOSCH continue investing in FIRST Robotics Program and growing more teams in BOSCH communities?To understand this, I got an opportunity to talk with Susan Tippy to figure out what the secret is. Susan is an engineering manager for BOSCH, also happen...

    23 min
  3. NSBE for Future Black Engineers

    04/08/2021

    NSBE for Future Black Engineers

    The National Society of Black Engineers, NSBE, is a professional society that aims to have 10,000 black Engineers graduate from college by 2025. By engaging the youth as early as 3rd grade in STEM, NSBE helps students and professionals develop the skills needed for a successful professional career.We learn more about NSBE from Tony Stanford and Quincy Smith, the president and vice president of the NSBE’s Charlotte chapter. They touch on the most significant benefit from NSBE is the netw...

    18 min
  4. Tell me about Tech Careers

    06/07/2021

    Tell me about Tech Careers

    Do you know IT jobs are growing fast in North Carolina? Todd wants to let everyone know, especially if you are young, that getting training in IT would be a great way to get a job placement. From Todd and Diadre’s viewpoint, the IT career has the advantage that the need exists in every industry plus its flexibility for remote work. It is the best career as they suggested.In this episode, we touched on the skillset as well as the benefits of a diverse background. Not su...

    19 min
  5. SIM by Todd and Daidre

    16/06/2021

    SIM by Todd and Daidre

    Professional societies have played important roles in various industries. They have been a critical force that set up best practices, standards, or certifications. In today’s ever changing environment, the professional societies remain critical but may need to adopt different approaches with different focuses. We witness some of them grow while some of them disappear. One thing for sure, the need for everyone to identify the best way to advance one’s career remai...

    21 min
  6. Seeing Herself in STEM

    10/05/2021

    Seeing Herself in STEM

    How early should we introduce STEM to students? At least as early as middle school is Keith’s conclusion and that is our discussion in the episode. Keith Burgess is a science teacher and a Kenan Fellow with strong passions in STEM. He also believes that education is a part of solutions to improve students’ economic mobility.During this episode Keith started from explaining the issues regarding diversity in the STEM field. He pointed out that without role models to help...

    16 min
  7. Human = Problem Solver, Rob Seymour Interview

    16/04/2021

    Human = Problem Solver, Rob Seymour Interview

    I have Rob Seymour, a small business owner, as our guest in this episode. Rob is the founder and CEO of Seymour Advanced Technologies, a business focus on custom automation. Rob has a successful career as an engineering leader before starting his own company.In our conversation, we talk about the role of human vs robots. I love his viewpoint on we should focus on our role, no need to worry about robots taking over our jobs. Even more interesting is his viewpoint on deg...

    17 min
  8. The Path in Your Hand

    09/03/2021

    The Path in Your Hand

    Ever wonder how someone becomes the president of a museum? The truth is not everyone understands what he/ her wants to be when they were young. Stephen Sauier took us through his journey from an Anthropology & Biology major to his current role as president working on reopening the Carolinas Aviation Museum. During this episode, we also got a chance to discuss the vision of our new museum right here in Charlotte. Stephen also uses his unique journey to point out how ...

    17 min
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Produced by QCRA(Queen City Robotics Alliance). This podcast is to facilitate communication between businesses, schools, government, professional societies, faith-based institutions, and other community service organizations to promote career readiness and enhance upward economic mobility. We also work closely with the STEM roundtable group in Charlotte to promote awareness of education supporting programs featured by area businesses, schools, government, professional societies, faith-based institutions, and other community service organizations.You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the podcast with notes and videos.

Information

  • Creator
    Kaiwen Cheng
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2023 Joint STEM Initiative
  • Show Website
    Joint STEM Initiative

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