By Emily McGrath, Deputy Director of Workforce Development, NextFlex NextFlex just concluded two iterations of its new one-day pilot program – FlexFactor Sprint: Balance in STEM for Middle School. This new program was launched with students from two Union School District schools: Dartmouth Middle School and Union Middle School, and …
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By Emily McGrath, Deputy Director of Workforce Development, Education, and Training, NextFlex One of our 2018 goals for FlexFactor, NextFlex’s project-based learning program in entrepreneurship and technology for high school students, is to broaden its reach to new student segments. Already this has been accomplished in two exciting ways. First, …
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Manufacturing USA is helping to honor the next generation of innovative leaders through partnering with the Creators of the Teen Choice awards in an all new, first-of-its-kind Science + Innovation Awards. We need your help in nominating those rising stars already positively impacting their communities through what they make! The …
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NextFlex will participate in the first FabLab Science and Innovation Awards, brought to you by the same team that produces the Teen Choice Awards, and the Young Women’s Honors. To be held April 14 in Santa Monica, CA, the award show will be hosted by Mayim Bialik of Big Bang …
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By Brynt Parmeter, Director of Workforce Development, Education and Training, NextFlex NextFlex had the privilege of showcasing FlexFactor™ to both the U.S. Secretary of Education and the California Community College Chancellor during a tour and working lunch at NextFlex on Thursday, October 12th. During the two-hour program, Secretary DeVos and …
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The I-Corps @ DoD pilot program is an intensive 7 week entrepreneurial education program, modeled after other lean startup programs, which trains researchers in how to become entrepreneurs. The program seeks to fund as many as 12 teams of three people each to explore the commercial and defense potential of …
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