Callen Fairchild Zind

KC STEM Alliance

Recent Articles by Callen Fairchild Zind

The Innovator Awards recognize innovativeness and marketability of project ideas in Project Lead The Way's biomedical science and engineering capstone courses. (File photo by Charles Maples)

How intersecting K-12 student competitions build design thinking, inventiveness and an entrepreneurial mindset

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Callen Fairchild Zind is communications manager for the KC STEM Alliance. How do you prepare for a career when the world is changing at such a rapid pace that no one can quite envision what jobs of the future will look like? In Kansas…

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From cell phone emissions to wisdom teeth: KC STEM Alliance honors student innovators

When the KC STEM Alliance brought together 377 students from 41 schools to showcase their senior capstone projects in engineering and biomedical sciences last week at Union Station, visitors were amazed at their ingenuity and creativity. Special guests included Vince Bertram, president and CEO of Project Lead The Way, and Mike Oister, CEO of the…