STEM Saturdays
2022 STEM & Innovation Summit
September 27 • Arizona SciTech Institute
Arizona SciTech Institute invites you to join them on September 27th for the 2022 STEM & Innovation Summit hosted in partnership with Arizona Science Center. The 2022 STEM & Innovation Summit is a day of learning, discovering, celebrating and growing STEM connections together.

Makers of Change Competition
Do You Know a High School Student Interested in STEM?
Southwest Human Development and Easter Seals are recruiting high school students for their annual MAKERS of Change Competition.

Through MAKERS, teams use their abilities and creativity to create affordable assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Many people living with a disability use an assistive device to increase their independence.
This year, teams will be addressing a challenge for 3-year-old Reese, a client from their ADAPT Shop. These teens will put their talents to good use, literally. This STEM competition has a big heart - for small children who need help to thrive, for allowing teens to make a positive impact, and for building a community around service.
Featured STEM Exhibitor at School's Out, Make It Count
STIIX
The mission of STIIX is to inspire young minds by introducing them to various STEM topics in a hands-on manner. Their model gives children the opportunity to put down the electronics and enter an innovative, competitive, and fun learning environment. Their curriculum not only gives youth the ability to express their creative side, but also gives them early exposure to what working in some of the hottest STEM career fields is like!
US News
How Schools Are Improving STEM Education for Girls, Students of Color

Careers involving science, technology, engineering and mathematics have a promising future. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2020 STEM occupations paid more than double that of non-STEM occupations, on average, and those jobs are expected to grow rapidly through 2030.

Yet women are vastly underrepresented in the field: In 2019, 73% of STEM workers were men. Additionally, Hispanic and Black workers represented only 8% and 9% of the STEM field, despite making up 17% and 11% of the workforce overall, according to data from the Pew Research Center.

For girls, interest in STEM seems to decline as they get older. 
ASU News
These Women Are Leading the Charge for More Diversity in STEM

As she grew up in Yugoslavia, Tijana Rajh knew men were OK with her becoming a scientist – as long as she understood there were limits to what she could accomplish.

“There was a feeling of, ‘OK, we’ll let you play with the ball.’ But there was this glass ceiling that existed,” said Rajh, director of Arizona State University’s School of Molecular Sciences.

Rajh’s experience isn’t unique. Women make up less than 30% of the world’s scientific researchers, according to UNESCO data, and a report by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources found that women hold the least senior administrative positions in STEM. “It’s still an old boys club in many respects,” said Donatella Danielli, director of ASU’s School of Mathematical and Statistical sciences. ASU is changing that dynamic.
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