2019 Best Schools for STEM in West Virginia
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West Virginia Engineering, Science and Technology Scholarship Program is a student financial aid program designed to enable and encourage academically talented individuals to pursue careers in the fields of engineering, science and technology. Scholarships, not to exceed $3,000 per academic year, are awarded on the basis of academic qualifications and interest in the fields of engineering, science and technology. Priority is given to West Virginia residents. Awards are contingent upon annual funding of the program by the West Virginia State Legislature.
EMPOWERS is an organization to engage in and create programs in education, research, and community activities to support and enrich student participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines in the state of West Virginia, with a primary focus on K -12 female students.
Fairmont State University and its partners throughout the state have received over $2.6 million dollars to continue funding West Virginia’s FIRST2 STEM Student Success Alliance. The funding is part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) INCLUDES grant program, which helps to develop and maintain a diverse, innovative workforce in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. This initiative in West Virginia is one of five such programs nationwide to receive NSF funding under this grant program.
The Health Sciences & Technology Academy, known as HSTA, is a one-of-a-kind mentoring program in the state of West Virginia that helps participating high school students enter and succeed in STEM-based undergraduate and graduate degree programs. HSTA marshals the efforts of hundreds of mentors―teachers, community members, higher-education faculty and staff, and the HSTA participants themselves―through a framework that supports students facing social and financial challenges to obtaining a diploma and moving on to college.
The Health Sciences & Technology Academy increases the number of African American and other underrepresented students in West Virginia who pursue degrees in health sciences and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors, thereby increasing the number of health practitioners and advocates in the medically underserved communities of West Virginia.
Join the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History as we encourage the integration of Arts and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), putting STEAM into our classrooms and arts education programs!
STEM Works focuses on enhancing STEM education in West Virginia in a number of ways: providing high quality professional development opportunities for teachers; engaging students in STEM centered educational offerings; and partnerships between schools and STEM business partners in their communities. Through ongoing programs, The Education Alliance is deeply focused on promoting STEM as an important element in K-12 education in West Virginia.
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One of the only public high schools in the nation to serve three states, Tri-State STEM is designed to bring educational opportunities for the unique needs of our local community. We are driven to help students prepare for whatever challenges their future may hold. We believe that a skilled and highly educated work force will drive economic development for our region.
STEMisphere is an online central hub for educational STEM resources for students in pre-K through 12th grade. Are you looking for a way to improve STEM Education at your school? The Carnegie STEM Excellence Pathway is a free, strategic planning process to improve STEM education at your school or district. The Carnegie STEM Excellence Pathway is built on the belief that school systems, individual schools, departments, and individual teachers can improve their STEM education practices through a positive, collaborative approach. It is designed to help the widest possible range of school districts and schools adopt best practices in STEM education.
George Washington High School in Charleston is one of eight schools across the state picked to be a part of West Virginia’s first STEM Network Schools program.
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In keeping with WVU’s strategic goal of excellence in research and innovation, five Mountains of Excellence that represent multidisciplinary areas of strength and opportunity were created. One area is STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education. Four colleges initiated a strategic plan focused on a cluster hire of faculty into the WVU Center for Excellence in STEM Education (WVUCE-STEM).
Our mission is to promote the advancement of education and participation in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and the Arts by implementing and supporting creative programs that can spark an interest, motivate, and create exposure to both STEM and the Arts in an integrated way, by collaborating with partners across West Virginia and beyond, to not only harness the vast talent, creativity, and experience of current West Virginians to create unique programs, but also to celebrate the story of West Virginia that redefines us as a uniquely beautiful, resilient, resourceful, and creative land of opportunity and achievement. Through these partnerships and programs, we hope to encourage students of all ages to find their passion and determine the tools and opportunities necessary to chart their paths to accomplishing their life’s work. When we find our passion, our path is made clear – and our paths can change the world.
The West Virginia Girls Collaborative Project brings together organizations throughout West Virginia that are committed to informing and motivating girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
Recognizing that the scientific and mathematic discoveries have made a difference in the world were developed over long periods of time by motivated, dedicated, thorough, and creative minds, the State of West Virginia offers the Governor’s STEM Institute, inviting students to delve into projects that allow them the time and opportunity to think and work like scientists and engineers, using high level mathematics and thinking skills while employing the latest technology.
We are a federally-funded Department of Defense youth program. The Academy incorporates a fast-paced and motivational curriculum of hands-on activities, tours, and experiments, with the ultimate goal of encouraging and inspiring students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) related fields.
As an organization, WVSTA is keenly interested in advocating for best practices in science education – those practices which enhance the lives of our students and promote scientific literacy among them. WVSTA takes an activist role in seeing that such practices be broadly adopted and supported across West Virginia.