by Mary | Feb 22, 2021 | STEM
The Starbird Association is a supporter of National Engineers Week. From DiscoverE.org: 2021 Theme: Imagining Tomorrow Engineers are changing the world all the time. They dream up creative, practical solutions and work with teams of smart, inspiring people to invent,...
by Mary | Aug 19, 2019 | Starbird Log, STEM
Last year, Scott Kelly wrote, “I was a Bad Student Who Became an Astronaut. Let’s Stop Telling People They Can’t Be Good at Science” for Time Magazine. I love that he wrote this so let’s look at it with the youth and teens lens on. Scott...
by Mary | Jun 28, 2019 | Career Spotlight
Lydia Werner Aviation Planner at Mead & Hunt, Inc. What do you do as an Aviation Planner? I assist in preparing long-term planning documents for federally funded airports. I inventory existing conditions, prepare operations and based aircraft forecasts,...
by Mary | Jun 6, 2019 | Space, STEM
We’re excited to share that the StellarXplorers team from Minnesota was featured on WCCO-TV in a story about youth in STEM. The Starbird Association supports this team from the Anoka County Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol. They exemplify youth in STEM and...
by Mary | Apr 5, 2019 | Career Spotlight
Theresa Jurisch Security Architect at Merrill Corporation What does a Security Architect do? It’s about understanding where you are at with security posture and trying to figure out how to put the pieces in place to continue to improve upon security at the...