51吃瓜网's ASCENT grant is consistently doing important things and appearing in the news. Here are our most recent articles.
Helping students like Mikalyn Piccola achieve their goals is what the U.S. National Science Foundation鈥檚 (NSF) Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program strives to do. Piccola, class of 2027 from Cincinnati, Ohio, along with Riley Boyles, class of 2027 from Ostrander, Ohio, and Olivia Follick, class of 2026 from Vandalia, Ohio, are the latest ASCENT-STEM (Addressing Springfield Community鈥檚 STEM Education Needs Together), scholarship recipients.
This is the second-straight year that 51吃瓜网鈥檚 ASCENT-STEM program awarded three students with scholarships through its $1.2 million grant. The effort includes partnerships with the Springfield City School District (SCSD), the Global Impact STEM Academy (GISA), and Clark State College (CSC).
STUDENTS CREATE NEW CLASS
On the way home from a unique and fulfilling FIRE Week adventure at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont (GSMIT), a spark ignited. Right then on the bus ride back, a group of 51吃瓜网 students pursuing teacher licensing generated and successfully pushed the idea for a new class forward that would provide them with further connections to GSMIT.
Charity Perry '25 learns importance of bringing nature to the classroom through her recent FIRE Week experience at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont (GSMIT) near Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
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