Welcome to the latest news and notes from the STEM Sports® team.
STEM Sports® recently applied for a Beyond Sport Global Award for Quality Education. Beyond Sport is a global organization that promotes, supports and celebrates the use of sport to address social issues in communities around the world. They do this through convening, supporting and advising the worlds of sport, business, government, and development on how sport can be used as a tool to achieve both social and business objectives.
Since our founding in 2016, we have focused on giving students a quality education through active learning and something that kids enjoy - sports. Our mission aligns well with the Beyond Sports Award for Quality Education. 
STEM Sports® is excited for the award prospects and will once again be attending the Beyond Sport Global Award events in New York City in September.
On July 3rd, the Sport and STEM Alliance, a division of Beyond Sport, featured STEM Sports® in their international e-bulletin and on their website. Please take a moment to read the profile by clicking below:
To help us provide the turnkey solutions that schools and organizations around the country have come to know us for, we rely on EPI-HAB Phoenix, Inc.
EPI-HAB, around since 1958, is a totally self-sufficient, not-for-profit company that provides our inventory, fulfillment, shipping, and storage services.  EPI-HAB's mission is to provide meaningful employment for individuals with epilepsy and other challenges. In our eyes and through our experience working with them, they are all about ability!
"Most would view our arrangement as a typical business and vendor relationship. This is simply not the case. We've come to rely on and trust their great staff as they really have our backs and make sure each curriculum kit is packed properly and goes out efficiently," said STEM Sports® President & CEO Jeff Golner.
EPI-HAB truly cares about their clients and the jobs entrusted to them. They've been a dream to work with as they've become a true team member!
Thank you EPI-HAB!
 University of Michigan:
Tackling Equity and Inclusion In STEM

 Racial and gender discrepancies in the field of STEM education has long been an enigma in the academic realm, and unfortunately, without much success to counter the issue. However, recently the University of Michigan and Professor Tim McKay (Physics/Astronomy/Education) and his colleagues attempted to live out the saying “It takes a village”. By bringing together ten (10) universities that recognize the importance of “diversity” to level the playing field, students may now relish and experience their love for STEM.

In addition to U-M, some of these schools include: Michigan State University, Arizona State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of California: Irvine and Davis ; encompassing about 350,000 students. Of the 350,000 students, approximately 75,000 or 21% enroll in introductory courses annually, which is where professors/researchers say the problem originated. STEM students in the past “have been weeded out” if he/she could not, in a sense, thrive academically in prerequisite STEM courses. McKay says, “professors have simply accepted excusing students who cannot get through introductory STEM courses, creating a system that is broken”. 

By adopting a “strength in numbers” methodology through monetary support of $1 million from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation , the Sloan Equity and Inclusion in STEM Introductory Courses (SEISMIC) Project was established and implemented. The Foundation will predominately support operating costs for the next 3 years, with the chief objective to ascertain “new” national assessment principles of the SEISMIC project to ensure qualitative measures. The project has already had a positive impact for students and communities alike.
A key driver of SEISMIC is to support and provide all students with equitable and sustainable resources from the outset, such as acknowledgement of each student’s background, interests, and goals to create a “personalized communication tool known as ECoach ”. Subsequently, instructors can effectively provide guidance of “how to study, where and when to seek help, how to respond to poor test scores, and to see struggle as profitable on the road to success.” To-date, the communication tool is used by more than 5,000 students at the University of Michigan and UC Santa Barbara. A great step in the right direction.
In sum, the ability to close the inequality gap “takes a village” not only as it relates to this project, but throughout all walks-of-life. At STEM Sports®, we will continue to do our part to provide a window of opportunity for each young mind with a passion and love for STEM.  
We've enjoyed attending several events to help celebrate STEM education and to teach youngsters.
Here's a few events we've recently attended...
SciTech Institute's End of Year STEM Celebration...

STEM Sports® was happy to be in attendance at this year’s SciTech Institute, End of Year STEM Celebration, which featured key supporters and leaders of STEM in Arizona. As an active member, our expo table generated much attention from individuals attending the evening’s event, many of which loved the concept of merging STEM and sport to create a learning environment that is engaging. We will be attending the CSO (Chief Science Officers) Leadership Training Institute Expo , Wednesday, July 17th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and Thursday, July 18th from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Arizona State University.
We are excited to see many students with a passion for STEM! 
Arizona Community Education Association (AZCEA) Conference...

STEM Sports® enjoyed attending the 2019 AZCEA Conference. This year’s event was held at the Madison Elementary School District Building and attracted AZCEA members from over 25 school districts throughout the state of Arizona. Our presence peaked the interest of many attendees with a love and passion in the field of STEM, as well as sports. A big thank you to staff that made this year’s conference a success!
We look forward to attending the conference in 2020.
Steven Hunter's Life Skills and Basketball Camp...

Former NBA player Steven Hunter invited us to pass along a bit of STEM Basketball knowledge at his camp in Gilbert, Arizona back in May. The campers were introduced to our STEM Basketball lesson that features shot tracking, shooting percentages, and the use of technology that's related to shooting.
"Amazing presentation by STEM Sports®. The kids really enjoyed it and learned a lot", said Steven.
While Steven's camp focused on basketball, we were happy to impart some education which was well received by his eager campers.
Thanks for having us Steven!car
STEM Sports®/Skyhawks Partnership is Evolving...   

We have enjoyed the growth of our relationship with Skyhawks Sports and the implementation of STEM Sports® curricula into the Skyhawks Summer Camp Program. The below quote and video depicts how our organization’s continue to educate and inspire our youth through a balance of academics and athletics. 

“Incorporating the STEM Sports modules into the schedule has been very smooth, and the kids are extremely engaged! Today especially, everyone was participating with asking and answering questions. Overall, it’s been a lot of fun!!” - Izzy Garcia, Skyhawks Coach.
(By the way, Izzy just graduated from high school!)

Skyhawks is based in Spokane, Washington and in May, the local NBC affiliate featured our collaboration. Tune into this video to learn more:
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