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This year\u2019s event will draw 500 students from across Rhode Island, with several Rhode Island high schools registered to attend, from Coventry to Woonsocket. They will get to interact with 40 STEM exhibitors, learn to fly drones, and explore options in space with NASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gindy serves as the 溏心vlog免费B站 coordinator for the event, working with First Lieutenant Patricia Testa, associate athletic director for business and personnel for 溏心vlog免费B站 Athletics, who is the lead coordinator for the National Guard. They were pleased to see the success of last year\u2019s inaugural event<\/a> and are looking forward to welcoming more high school students this year to learn about opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI hope that some of these kids will come to 溏心vlog免费B站 in the future, or at least engage in STEM,\u201d Professor Paolo Stegagno says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Students will get the chance to experiment with the tools and toys of engineers, to think about what they might want to do in their own futures. Gindy says that events like these are critical for exposing young adults to STEM careers and the impact the field has on people\u2019s day-to-day lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to showcasing 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s offerings and the opportunities found at the state\u2019s flagship public university, exhibitors at the event will include NASA, Space Force, the Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Civil Air Patrol, Rhode Island State Police and the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team. Students will also get to see innovative technology happening in the Ocean State such as seaglide technology now being researched in Quonset and on Narragansett Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is truly cutting-edge transportation and aviation work,\u201d Testa says. \u201cIt is going to be an amazing event this year, even bigger and better than last year. We are so excited to collaborate with the College of Engineering and hope to work with other 溏心vlog免费B站 colleges in the future, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 溏心vlog免费B站 will have a strong presence as an event partner, joined by 11 other institutions including most Rhode Island colleges. Panelists include Second Lt. Brigid Gallego \u201820, a cyberspace operations officer with the Rhode Island Air National Guard and a graduate of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Nursing. Currently, Gallego works as clinical consultant at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center combining her medical and information technology experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The day will end on a high note, with an aerial demonstration by Rhode Island Army and Air National Guard members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe hope to see and inspire students to think about STEM careers and think about how to get there,\u201d Testa says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The event takes place on the same day as 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s first Sea Symposium<\/a>, which invites high schoolers to 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston Campus to learn about sea service missions, career paths and opportunities through the University\u2019s maritime degree programs, as well as its reputation as a top maritime center of excellence and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe hope these events show students all the opportunities out there,\u201d Testa says, \u201cand new ways of working in these fields. The future is coming; these students can be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more at https:\/\/stemrinationalguard.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This event is open to registered attendees only. Media interested in attending, please reach out to Staff Sgt. Kristi McDonald (kristi.mcdonald.2@us.af.mil). To learn more about the event for next year, please contact Testa at <\/em>ptesta@uri.edu<\/em><\/a> \/ 401-874-5396.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Sept. 27, 2023 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 will play a key role at a community open house for hundreds of Rhode Island high schoolers interested in STEM at Quonset Air National Guard Base in North Kingstown this Friday, Sept. 29, as part of a partnership between the Rhode Island National […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":88872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88871"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88878,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88871\/revisions\/88878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}