TwinWest Businesses Share Expertise with Students at STEM Summit

(The following news release was submitted by TwinWest.)

The TwinWest Chamber of Commerce hosted a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Summit with area 6-9 graders on Wednesday, March 21 at the .  This event showed 170 middle school and high school students from the Robbinsdale, Wayzata, and Minnetonka school districts how STEM classes translate in to engaging and satisfying careers in the future.

Students visited exhibits created by TwinWest member companies, as well as other organizations, and learned how science, technology, engineering and math are used in different industries. In addition, students had the opportunity to ask questions and learn from business leaders.

Exhibitors included:

• Aveda
• CenturyLink
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Haldeman-Homme, Inc.
• Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office Crime Lab
• Horwitz/NSI
• Johnson Controls
• Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest
• Paul Meyer Architects, Inc.
• ReconRobotics
• Total Entertainment LED Tube Show
• University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies
• VISI Incorporated

This is TwinWest’ fourth annual STEM Summit and is one of the Chamber’s Business-Education Partnership (BEP) initiatives, a long-standing effort to align today’s education programs with tomorrow’s workforce needs.  As a result of past STEM events, 72 percent of the students surveyed reported a higher likelihood to either take STEM courses or take more rigorous STEM courses.

The TwinWest Chamber of Commerce represents 900 organizations in the west metro region, ranging from national and internationally renowned corporations and industrially driven manufacturers, to home-based businesses and companies involved in the service and professional sectors. www.twinwest.com.