{"id":21101,"date":"2024-12-06T11:55:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T16:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/?p=21101"},"modified":"2024-12-06T14:26:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T19:26:18","slug":"igniting-passion-for-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2024\/12\/igniting-passion-for-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Igniting Passion for STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21155\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 349px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_7609-updated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21155 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_7609-updated-e1732125859535.jpg\" alt=\"A Johns Hopkins student performs an outdoor experiment with two students from the Baltimore Community.\" width=\"339\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_7609-updated-e1732125859535.jpg 339w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_7609-updated-e1732125859535-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Phil Laubner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For 20 years, the Whiting School\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/outreach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Educational Outreach<\/a> (CEO) has focused on igniting and deepening a passion for STEM in pre-K\u201312 students and teachers, while strengthening Johns Hopkins Engineering\u2019s connections in the Baltimore community.<\/p>\n<p>With programs ranging from after-school activities and engineering-based academic offerings for city school students to educator training, the center has reached over 100,000 individuals since it launched.<\/p>\n<p>Programs include the <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/outreach\/ceo-programs\/barclay-hopkins-stem-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barclay Hopkins STEM Partnership<\/a>, a far-reaching effort encompassing everything from teachers\u2019 professional development to curricula and after-school activities for pre-K\u20138 students, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/outreach\/ceo-programs\/brm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robotics Outreach program<\/a>, through which Johns Hopkins students mentor local teams, preparing them for competitions.<\/p>\n<p>STEM Achievement in Baltimore City Schools, originally a CEO effort to enhance elementary science and engineering instruction and provide community-based experiences to students at a few city schools, is now available districtwide, reaching nearly 35,000 students annually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur initiatives provide students with a strong foundation of knowledge, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. And by focusing on underrepresented groups, we\u2019re helping shape a more diverse future in STEM,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/outreach\/about-us\/our-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alisha Sparks<\/a>, executive director of the Center for Educational Outreach. She adds, \u201cCEO\u2019s 20th anniversary lets us reflect on our accomplishments and provides a chance to consider how we inspire new generations of innovators and problem-solvers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 20 years, the Whiting School\u2019s Center for Educational Outreach (CEO) has focused on igniting and deepening a passion for STEM in pre-K\u201312 students and teachers, while strengthening Johns Hopkins Engineering\u2019s connections in the Baltimore community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":21155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-impact","issue-winter-2025"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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