The 5th annual Future Focus EXPO, hosted by Region 2000 Technology Council, is a career exploration event for middle school and high school students. Career and educational opportunities will be offered from more than 50 area companies. Demonstrations and hands-on activities will also be on hand, and there are numerous give-aways and prizes.

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Tags: Career Planning, Events, Expos, Outreach, Student Conference, USA Science and Engineering Festival 2010

Five California State Universities have received a Learn and Serve America Higher Education grant totaling $1.5 million from The Corporation for National and Community Service. The grant is based on California State University-San Bernardino’s CoyoteCareers program. It will fund a new program, “STEM SQUARED,” which will support service learning in STEM disciplines, as well as academic support, career skills training, and networking opportunities.

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Tags: Career Planning, Programs for Students, Robotics, University outreach

Thanks to a $7 million government grant, Carnegie Mellon University’s Fostering Innovation through Robotics Exploration (FIRE) program is giving kids hands-on experience with robots. The researchers hope to combat a national decline in the number of college students majoring in science, engineering, and math.

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Tags: Building robots, Career Planning, Programs for Students, Robotics, STEM subjects, University outreach

A healthy majority of teachers describe themselves as satisfied with their careers, according to a recent study released by MetLife. Only 17 percent of respondents said they were very or fairly likely to exit the profession within the next five years.

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Tags: Career Planning, Research on Learning, Teachers

Around half of all high school graduates who enroll in college don’t finish, and a recent poll of employers found that 40 percent of the new grads they hire don’t have the skills necessary to advance in their jobs. But experts agree that, so far, there is no good way to measure how college- and career-ready students are; hence the White House making $350 million available to states to develop new assessments.

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Tags: Career Planning, College, Education Policy, Public Policy, Research, Research on Learning

In Columbus, Ohio, COSI (Center of Science and Industry) is holding a Science career program for boys grades 6-8. The boys will meet professional engineers, discover that engineering can be an exciting and rewarding career, and have a great time learning and meeting new friends. Date: Feb. 13, 2010; Application deadline: Jan 29, 2010. Cost: $25.

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Tags: Career Planning, Columbus, OH, Programs for Boys, Workshops