Hometown: Hebron, KY Major: Biology University: University of Louisville Our scholarship winner Elise has been surrounded by STEM for as long as she can remember! Her grandpa has a PhD in biology, her grandma is a registered nurse and cytotechnologist, [...]
Hometown: Jamesville, NY Major: Mechanical Engineering University: University of Vermont Growing up in a family of engineers and scientist, the concept of building, innovating, researching, and creating has always come second nature to Will. He truly believes that his family [...]
Hometown: Wheaton, IL Major: Civil Engineering University: Northwestern University Many people in Jake’s family have inspired his desire to become an engineer. Since he was young, he has seen first-hand what it is like to be around hard working people [...]
Hometown: Temperance, MI Major: Biomedical Engineering University: Purdue University Since Kendal was very young, she always knew that she had a deep passion and love for science. Some of her most vivid memories from elementary school were doing science experiments [...]
The United States has been suffering from an untenable skills gap. There is a large gap between the number of unfilled STEM jobs available and the number of STEM graduates every year in our country and that is a threat [...]
As an advocate for innovators everywhere, alliantgroup is proud to help light that spark for the next generation of professionals by developing the Blue Heart Fund STEM Scholarship Program. With the growing need for continued technical talent, the STEM Scholarship [...]
Hometown: Houston, TX Major: Physics University: Columbia University One particular memory that sparked Alberto’s passion for STEM was when his mother gave him a book about space when he was young. What was special about the book was that it [...]
Hometown: Groveport, Ohio Major: Biochemistry/Neuroscience University: Ohio Dominican University When Ashlyn was only seven years old, she was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune connective tissue disorder called Deep Linear Scleroderma. Ever since then, her 'excitement with her rarity,' has fueled [...]
School: Ashford ES Years Teaching: 12 years One of the things that makes Mr. Coppes class experience so unique is the way that his classroom is decorated. To start, he has an 8-foot portrait of Einstein’s head surrounding his door, [...]
School: Smith ES Years Teaching: 2 years Some creative ways Ms. Guzman has found to spark her students interest in science is by using interactive hands-on activities where every student and herself are part of the lesson and sometimes include [...]
