STEM NOLA’S PARTNERS WITH NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND OCHSNER FOR STEM FEST, ENGAGING OVER 600 PEOPLE
Event hosted during NMA 2023 Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly STEM NOLA, a leading nonprofit organization focused on promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, recently hosted a STEM Fest, presented by The National Medical...
STEM NOLA’S ROCKET DAY ENGAGES OVER 450 PEOPLE FOR ANNUAL EVENT
STEM NOLA, a leading nonprofit organization focused on promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, recently hosted its annual Rocket Day event. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD STEM) and The Boeing Company sponsored the event last...
SGA Founder Dr. Calvin Mackie Attends White House Space Stem Forum With Amazing New Orleans 9th Grader On Path to Becoming an Astrophysicist
WASHINGTON – STEM Global Action (SGA) was represented at the White House Space STEM Forum by CEO and founder Dr. Calvin Mackie, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Lawrence Jackson and a brilliant student – Raleigh Brock, an amazing 9th grader, who is an aspiring...
New Orleans Fox-8 Takes a Comprehensive Look at STEM NOLA
New Orleans Fox-8 takes a comprehensive look at STEM NOLA, the leading affiliate of the STEM Global Action movement, and how its programs help K-12 children in New Orleans, and across the country, achieve in the Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. The newscast highlights the work of Dr. Calvin Mackie, who launched STEM NOLA in 2013 and has impacted more than 125,000 children and 5,100 schools across the U.S and in five countries.
LANDMARK MOMENT: STEM NOLA Holds First Ever STEM FEST at a College Football Bowl Game
An extraordinary event transpired in the Caesars Superdome. Just before kickoff of the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl on December 21, 2,000 parents and children K-12 attended a STEM NOLA STEM FEST, where parents and children learned about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). This was a landmark moment, likely the first time STEM education was ever connected directly with a popular college football bowl game. Three days before Christmas, 2,000 parents and children left their homes to engage in STEM activities – operating a robot, building cars that run, constructing flying drones, watching a sheep heart dissection, riding a hovercraft, and much more.