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Feb 9: WIM Vancouver – February Brown Bag Event

Time & Date:              February 9, 2012 @ noon Place:                          Fasken Martineau, 2900 – 550 Burrard Street, Vancouver Presenter:                  Elizabeth MacLanders – DAWEG(Division for the  Advancement of Women in Engineering and Geoscience) Event Summary:       DAWEG is a division of APEGBC and is focused on making engineering and geoscience appealing, rewarding, and equitable for women so that women […]

Article: MentorNet’s Home Congressman Honda Creates e-STEM Bill

In an op-ed on the US News and World Report “STEM Education” blog, Congressman Michael Honda (R-CA) and Peter Cleveland of the Intel Corporation write about the importance of education in having a successful life, adding, “As our nation’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce heads toward retirement, too few students are equipped to […]

Article: “Students Pick Wrong Majors. Students Pursue Degrees that don’t Help Get Jobs”

A study published by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce shows a huge wage gab between STEM workers and non-STEM workers. The study shows: Over 71% of the STEM workers with some college but no degree make more than the average for workers with some college but no degree. Over 56% of STEM […]

Report: MentorNet’s Spot Survey Results. Extraordinary 96%+ STEM Graduation Rate

Recently, MentorNet surveyed past proteges and current proteges aimed at discovering proteges’ graduation rates and employment in STEM. The overall STEM graduation rate was an astounding 96%+ 20% of our proteges were employed in some form by their mentor’s company. This suggests that MentorNet is one of the greatest engines for STEM persistance, graduation and […]