[Athen] FW: STEM Career Showcase for Students with Disabilities

[Ron Stewart]

Hi all, I thought this would be a wonderful event to attend. STEM
accessibility is one of the leading barriers to full societal participation
by folks with disabilities!

 

Ron Stewart

 

From: Julie Noblitt [mailto:julien at benetech.org] 
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 12:23 PM
To: DIAGRAM Content Working Group; DIAGRAM Outreach Working Group; DIAGRAM
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Subject: STEM Career Showcase for Students with Disabilities

 


>From our friends at SAS, a great event happening this Wednesday, October 16.

Please share with anyone you think might be interested.

 

What: STEM Career Showcase for Students with Disabilities 

Who: Students with disabilities of all ages

Why: Meet role models that are successful professionals with disabilities
that are working in STEM fields

When: October 16, 10:00-11:00 a.m. Eastern

Where: On the web at
http://naturalsciences.org/programs-events/events/stem-career-showcase

 

Are you looking for an authentic experience that could change the trajectory
of a student's life?  Would you like for students in your class to learn
from remarkably successful individuals who have overcome similar challenges?
Do you believe in the power of sharing personal stories and developing
mentoring relationships?  Are you interested in engaging your students with
individuals who are expanding the scope of knowledge in creative ways
through science, technology, engineering, and math?  

 

If so, then join us for live webcast of the STEM Career Showcase for
Students with Disabilities. This event will be held at the beautiful North
Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, North Carolina. More than
200 students will attend the event in person at the museum and the event
will also be broadcast live on the web.

 

Note that registration is NOT required for the live webcast.

 

Find more information including biographies of all the speakers here:

http://naturalsciences.org/programs-events/events/stem-career-showcase

 

 

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Julie Noblitt

Community Manager, DIAGRAM Center

M & W 8:30-4:30 and Th 9:00-1:00 Pacific time

Tel: 650-352-1092

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DIAGRAMC

Blog: http://blog.diagramcenter.org/

 

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