For Frank T. Joshua Jr., the Path To Success Starts with Hard Work
When Frank T. Joshua, Jr. was young, growing up in New Orleans, his mom knew how to motivate her son. He played sports and “was into everything,” recalls Zolee Thomas, but above all other activities, he loved playing in the band. It became her magic wand. “It was...
Citing the Lack of Diversity in STEM, Dr. Calvin Mackie Calls for a New Approach to Advance STEM Education
Dr. Mackie, a Leading STEM Educator, Warns of Consequences for Communities of Color
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Speaking to medical engineers at the University of Minnesota Institute for Engineering in Medicine, Dr. Calvin Mackie warned conference attendees that America must diversify science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields to ensure that technological advances can benefit populations of color. Calling STEM a “life or death” issue, Dr. Mackie urged medical engineers to help bring more diversity to STEM fields by changing the approach to STEM education. Dr. Mackie, an award-winning mentor, inventor, author, and former engineering professor, said that technology inexplicably hasn’t always worked on people of color.Dr. Mackie believes having more Black and Brown STEM experts working on these issues would help ease the concerns.
Aaron Marshall Found His Path as a Mechanical Engineer
About 10 years ago, a middle school student, Aaron Marshall, walked into a basketball gym about 45 minutes from his hometown of Hammond, La., and saw rows of booths with hands-on STEM activities, from 3-D printing to robotics.
Raleigh Brock of New Orleans Emerges as an 8th Grade, Award-Winning STEM Achiever and Role Model
Raleigh’s award-winning science project featuring scholar cars NEW ORLEANS – As Raleigh Brock, an 8th grader, rode with her mother, Alyssa, from the Fox TV station where she was just interviewed about her award-winning science project, something astounding occurred in...