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How high school students can jump-start STEM careers with BAE programs

For this episode of Get Tech Smart, we’ll meet Laurel Skiff of BAE Systems, a defense contractor that is one of the top 10 largest companies and employers in New Hampshire. Laurel Skiff, the company’s community, pre- and early-career outreach program lead, will walk us through the four STEM programs BAE offers to high school students. These programs provide incredible and valuable hands-on opportunities in STEM through BAE’s intensive programs and internships, including:

A ratepayer and taxpayer success story in Durham school

What we have here is a moral and civic good.  The humans who learn and work in this bright new building cannot help but absorb the message that their community respects and values what happens there.

The Derryfield School breaks ground on new ‘Dining Commons’

On October 3 The Derryfield School put shovels into the ground on a new dining commons. Thanks in part to a generous donation of $2,500,000, the largest single gift in the School’s 58-year history, the entire Derryfield community will now be able to gather as one, in a building that will tie the campus together as originally envisioned during the master facilities planning process.

Programs address fallout from remote learning for college students

The goals of Soar to Success, in both academic and social terms, reflect concerns about a trend that has been difficult to document statistically, but that is intuitively and anecdotally understood by educators across the spectrum. Several months of online learning have been a setback academically and socially for many students at all grade levels.

Members First Credit Union Awards $7,500 in scholarships to local students

Members First Credit Union recently gave six outstanding area students a total of $7,500 in scholarship awards. Each year, the Members First Credit Union Memorial Scholarships honor those who have served the credit union and the community in exceptional ways.

Saint Anselm College announces new nursing student facility

After establishing a new partnership with Catholic Medical Center earlier this year, Saint Anselm College has announced plans to establish a School of Nursing and Health Professions to be housed in a new state-of-the-art nursing facility.

May 19 kick-off event: Unique collaborative creates healthcare career pathways

ApprenticeshipNH, the Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH), Catholic Medical Center and Elliot Health System are excited to announce a broad registered apprenticeship program to cultivate talent in nursing, tech, and support roles at The Elliot and CMC.  This “earn while you learn” approach allows individuals to hold a paid position while engaging in classroom learning and on-the-job training.

Indigenous heritage projects at UNH and UMaine among 80 national grant winners

Rep. David Price, D-NC 4th District, said that the grants come “at a critical juncture in national conversations, at a time when some are urging the whitewashing of history, some are urging that history should be told only in ways that make us feel good and proud. We know that that isn’t true history. True history represents an encounter with our past with its negative as well as positive aspects, and hopefully that lays the groundwork for a better future. 

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