“Team Player” | Elements of an Elite STEM Professional (#7)
ELEMENT #7 Team Player – [TP] “A person who plays or works well as a member of a team or group” I was young when I learned the value of teamwork right on the football […]
December 2017
The Perfect Unexpected STEM gift
The holidays are on their way now, and you may be thinking about what to get the children in your life. If you’re looking for smaller or less expensive gifts to go with “the big […]
Charles Barkley pledged $1 million dollars to IT startups in Alabama
On Thursday night, December 14th, . The only catch is, you have to be a black woman to get in on this assistance. The announcement was made on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” as the hosts […]
The Truth Behind Your Favorite Makeup Brands
Before you stepped out into the world today, what did you put on your face? After the cleansing, wiping crust from the corners of your eyes, and brushing your teeth, did you just put on […]
“Confidence” | Elements of an Elite STEM Professional (#6)
ELEMENT #6 – Confidence “A feeling of self-assurance arising from one’s appreciation of one’s own abilities or qualities.” There are two ways to look at confidence, external or internal. External confidence is building trust, belief […]
STEM in the Kitchen: Improve Your Cooking with Science!
In the traditional sense, food science is associated with the study and enhancement of food for the sake of improved nutritional quality, increased quantity, extended preservation, and in general, commercial production. While food science itself […]
“Critical Thinker” | Elements of an Elite STEM Professional (#5)
ELEMENT #5 Critical Thinker – [CT] “The thought process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, analyzing, and evaluating information gathered from observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to action.” One of my all-time […]
Here’s Why You Should Watch More Scifi Movies
Scientists seemed like unstable crazy people when I was a kid. This belief was most likely because the only ones I saw were villains in animation, movies, and television shows- creating viruses or wild inventions […]
“Creative/ Imagination” | Elements of an Elite STEM Professional (#4)
ELEMENT #4 Creative/ Imagination – [CI] “The ability to transform an object within the bounds of current limitations.” “I can’t figure this out,” I remember saying to myself while trying to design ductwork routing in […]