For more than a decade, Boeing has been a stalwart supporter of the programs and other STEM education initiatives offered by the Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering (TAME). This year, we thank Boeing for a generous $100,000 donation, which will go miles—literally—towards bringing STEM experiences like the TAME Trailblazer to communities all across Texas. […]
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Today’s Investment in Tomorrow’s Workforce
“GENEROSITY BREEDS OPPORTUNITY. For 30 years, TAME has conducted an annual competition where students from all across Texas compete in a math test, a science test and an engineering design challenge. Last year, the Sundt Foundation made a $3,300 grant to help send 300 TAME students and 75 chaperones to the competition in San Antonio, […]
Halliburton Awards $15K for STEM Competitions
The Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering (TAME) is pleased to announce that partner Halliburton has generously awarded $15,000 to empower Texan students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math. The funding will support annual STEM Competitions, which celebrate achievement in math, science, and engineering. Students and chaperones pay no fee to participate thanks […]
40 Years and a Formula for STEM Equity
Today, September 27, 2016, marks the 40-year anniversary of TAME’s work to strengthen female and minority participation in STEM careers. As we celebrate with all of you, we want to present you with some numbers: numbers that show how far we’ve come, and numbers that show how far we still have to go. In 1978, […]
Rackspace Awards $15K to Bring Trailblazer to “Magnificent 7”
“It was science, but it was AWESOME!” “If I don’t make it to the NBA, I will become an engineer.” How do you get kids excited about science as they are about, say, basketball? In its mission to launch the next generation of STEM professionals, the Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering (TAME) uses all […]
STEM Investments: A win-win for Texas competitiveness and our communities
How does a kid from Baytown end up working on the spacecraft that will take us to Mars? “Education.” That’s what a Boeing engineer – and Baytown native – said to a group of students in Texas. And we could not agree more. Our future engineers, scientists and leaders are sitting in […]