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Helping science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education initiatives thrive...

TAG’s network of technology organizations and the TAG Education Collaborative’s focus on STEM education initiatives can provide the resources and bandwidth to ensure programs thrive, even in a challenging non-profit environment. The TAG Education Collaborative is the only organization of its kind that can offer access to thousands of potential volunteers, many of whom have relevant domain expertise. In fact, the increasing number of participants and their motivation and inspiration around the TAG Education Collaborative initiative is remarkable.

 

 

TAG ED NEWS

CompTIA, Technology Association of Georgia Team Up to Support STEM Education in Georgia Schools Donation to Atlanta-Based TAG Education Collaborative Part of National CompTIA Initiative

Downer’s Grove, IL –– March 22, 2012 –– Today, CompTIA, through its TechVoice partnership with the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and other state-based technology associations around the country, made a $5,000 grant to support education in STEM fields in the state of Georgia. The grant is one in a series of grants CompTIA is making on behalf of its TechVoice partners to support community-based efforts to promote IT and IT workforce development, education and training.
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Applications Now Being Accepted for the TAG-Ed 2012 High School Summer Internship Program

Internships to provide real-life experience for students interested in technology careers
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Chris Reinking from Jabian Consulting to Lead the 2012 TAG Education Collaborative Board

 ATLANTA (January 17, 2012) –TAG Education Collaborative (TAG-Ed), the charitable organization established by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) that is dedicated to preparing the next-generation workforce through better education and real-life job experiences, today announced that Chris Reinking, partner and co-founder of Jabian Consulting, has been elected as chairman of the 2012 TAG-Ed board of directors. Kent Antley, an attorney with Miller & Martin, will continue another year in his role as secretary/treasurer for the board.
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EDUCATION NEWS

Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Sputnik Launched

Today in History - October 4, 1957 - Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the Earth’s first artificial satellite, into space at the peak of the Cold War. View our Sputnik resources, as well as related resources in Aerospace Engineering.
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Steel Treaters’ Club (now American Society for Metals) is founded

Posted by guest blogger Scott Chumbley. Today in History - October 4, 1913 - Steel Treaters’ Club is founded.
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Motorized vacuum cleaner patented

Today in History - October 3, 1899 - the first motorized vacuum cleaner patented  (U.S. No. 634,042) as a “pneumatic carpet renovator” by John S. Thurman of St.
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: NASA’s First Day of Operation

by guest blogger Adrian Agogino: Today in History - October 1, 1958 - NASA is offically begins operations. Before the launch of Sputnik, the United States felt confident in its position on space technology.
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