Dear Colleagues,

The first four months of the Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance (TRSA), our innovative and dynamic mesh network, have been action packed!  We wanted to update you on the many incredible things that are happening in the Tulsa region because of TRSA!

Oklahoma Women in STEM: Breaking the STEM Glass Ceiling Conference

Innovation Rooms Updates

  • STEM Mentorship Logistics IR - Gaining momentum thanks to efforts on several fronts:
    1. Two former Samson engineers and a leader with the Society of Geophysicists are doing incredible work in laying out a detailed blueprint for effectively scaling STEM mentorship in fall 2014
    2. Met with area business and academic leaders to discuss possibility of creating year round STEM mentorship through building quadcopters!

General Updates

  • Business Plan for TRSA – Business plan has been revised after meeting with area philanthropic groups.  Now preparing to get input from local industry leaders and then begin fundraising for staffing of TRSA.
  • TRSA Presentations – TRSA was presented to Oklahoma Employment & Training Advisory Council – a gathering of representatives of 26 Native American Tribes.  The tribes are very interested in partnering with TRSA to enhance STEM education for all students in the Tulsa region.

New Collaborations

  • YMCA – TRSA will partner with YMCA in training camp leaders and delivering STEM education during Summer Institute
    • Pawnee Nation Education Division, Youth Services Department – Working with Suzy Knife Chief, BA Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, to bring STEM outreach to Native American youth at camp in July!

Smartsheets

To get access to the TRSA SmartSheets please contact Xan Black (firstname DOT lastname AT tulsacc DOT edu) Please avail yourselves of the growing STEM related data bank contained in the following Smartsheets:

  • STEM Activities
  • Evaluation of STEM Activities
  • Speakers’ Bureau
  • Summer STEM Activities
  • Spring Break STEM Activities
  • STEM Mentoring
  • Communication IR
  • Logistics IR
  • Spring Break/Summer STEM Activities IR
  • Curriculum IR
  • STEM Employment Opportunities

Up Next

Thanks to each of you for your support of a neutral convening organization for STEM, composed of citizens in the Tulsa region with a united purpose to grow a robust STEM workforce for our beautiful city.  We look forward to more collaborative impact with tremendous partners like you in the weeks and months ahead.

 

April’s “But for the Alliance moment…”

But for the TRSA, 30 STEM stakeholders from the across the Tulsa region and indeed the state, would not have had the opportunity to work together to create the Oklahoma Women in STEM: Breaking the STEM Glass Ceiling Conference featuring leaders from the following STEM stakeholders:

  • Tulsa Tech
  • CareerTech
  • CASMEO
  • Oklahoma State Department of Education
  • Oklahoma Afterschool Network
  • Tulsa Alliance for Engineering
  • The University of Tulsa
  • Tulsa Community College
  • The University of Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma State University
  • Tulsa Air & Space Museum and Planetarium
  • Organizing Solutions
  • Union Public Schools
  • Tulsa Public Schools
  • Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance
  • Dress for Success Tulsa
  • Switchgear Recruiting
  • Cancer Treatment Centers of America
  • BlueView
  • TD Williamson
  • Williams
  • OSUTeach
  • Oklahoma State University
  • Google
  • OERB
  • SalesForce
  • Magellan
  • Pepsi Beverages Company
  • Baker Hughes
  • NASA EPSCoR
  • NSF EPSCoR