(Dallas, TX) – The 2020 Dallas STEM Competition was hosted by Tarrant County College, South Campus on Saturday, February 8, 2020. More than 150 student competitors from across the region registered to attend the free event. Texas students from grades 7-12 competed in individual math and science tests and as part of a team […]
Partners
Shell Fuels STEM Education with $90K Grant
The Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering (TAME) is pleased to announce that longtime partner Shell Oil Company has generously awarded $90,000 to empower Texas students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Since its first gift to TAME in 1978, Shell has helped to build a STEM workforce that looks like Texas. The funding […]
Seeking a STEM Visionary: TAME is Hiring an Executive Director
UPDATE: As of 5/1/20, this position has been filled. It’s an exciting time for STEM and for TAME. The TAME Board announced in early July that the tenure of our Executive Director Savita Raj had come to a close after nine years of inspiring Texas students. You can read her farewell letter and challenge […]
Savita’s goodbye—help us wish her well!
See below for Savita’s goodbye letter, along with a letter from the Board of Directors about the transition and the future of TAME. Help us wish Savita well on her next adventure by sharing a memory or leaving a note. Know the perfect person to lead the TAME Family into the future? Please see the […]
Tocker Foundation Drives Summer STEM Learning Across Texas
Today marks the start of TAME’s 2019 Science Rocks! Summer Library Program! If you wanted to visit each and every participating library, it would take more than 38 hours and 2,247 miles on one epic roadtrip. This year, the furthest distance between two of these libraries is just thirty minutes short of the travel time […]
Texas Students Go Fishing for STEM Success at 2019 State STEM Competition
(Huntsville, TX) – How does a whiffle ball lead to a career in engineering? In Huntsville, Texas, aspiring engineers faced a design challenge created by engineers from ConocoPhillips. Based on real-life situations in which wellbores are blocked by material known as “fish,” the challenge was part of the 34th annual State STEM Competition, sponsored by […]