FROM: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
U.S. Department of Education Awards $14 Million in Grants to 31 Native American and Alaska Native Entities
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
The U.S. Department of Education today announced the award of about $14 million in grants to 31 Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Alaska Native entities to help them improve career and technical education programs.
Under the 2013 Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP) competition, the Department encouraged applicants to propose projects that included promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and the use of technology within career and technical education programs. Career and technical education in the STEM fields is important to providing students with education that can lead to employment in high growth, in-demand industry sectors.
"In today's global and knowledge-based economy, it's critical that we prepare all students for jobs that lead to a success career," said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. "These grants will help underrepresented groups attain the necessary resources to earn an industry certification and postsecondary certificate or degree, while also strengthening our country’s global competitiveness."
The NACTEP requires the Secretary to ensure that activities will improve career and technical education for Native American and Alaska Native students. Additionally, NACTEP grants are aligned with other programs under the Carl D. Perkins Career & Technical Education Act of 2006 that require recipients to provide coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards. NACTEP projects also include preparing students for the high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations in emerging or established professions.
Below is a list of the 2013 NACTEP Grantees:
Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. (Alaska) $417,543
Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments (Alaska) $470,022
Pascua Yaqui Tribe (Ariz.) $411,460
Hoopa Valley Tribe (Calif.) $470,130
Coeur d’ Alene Tribe (Idaho) $469,362
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (Mich.) $341,938
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (Mich.) $452,804
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (Miss.) $470,689
Aaniiih Nakota College (Mont.) $467,256
Blackfeet Community College (Mont.) $386,966
Blackfeet Tribal Employment Rights Office (Mont.) $464,890
Fort Peck Community College (Mont.) $469,785
Salish Kootenai College (Mont.) $471,559
Stone Child College (Mont.) $473,556
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (Neb.) $469,345
Cankdeska Cikana Community College (N.D.) $450,564
Fort Berthold Community College (N.D.) $452,874
Sitting Bull College (N.D.) $415,660
Turtle Mountain Community College (N.D.) $471,466
Alamo Navajo School Board, Inc. (N.M.) $471,937
Coyote Canyon Rehabilitation Center, Inc. (N.M.) $473,912
Cherokee Nation (Okla.) $470,425
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (Okla.) $468,923
Shawnee Tribe (Okla.) $434,613
Pawnee Nation College (Okla.) $470,956
Oglala Lakota College (S.D.) $467,835
Sinte Gleska University (S.D.) $466,900
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe (Wash.) $437,674
Northwest Indian College (Wash.) $416,097
The Tulalip Tribes of Washington (Wash.) $451,113
College of Menominee Nation (Wis.) $472,994
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Saturday, September 28, 2013
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THE UNDERWATER ROBOT COMPETITION
FROM: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ARMED WITH SCIENCE
Underwater Robot Face Off
With a national title on the line, student teams from across the country are competing with their underwater robots in the Office of Naval Research (ONR)-funded championship in Manassas Park, Va.
The 2012 National SeaPerch Challenge brings top teams from middle and high school together to compete with the underwater robots they’ve built as part of a curriculum designed to boost their skills and interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
The SeaPerch program is an initiative under the Department of the Navy’s STEM Coordination Office, which facilitates outreach efforts across the service. The chief of naval research, Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, presented awards to winning teams.
“SeaPerch provides an affordable entry point for underwater robotics, and, from there, directional arrows to other science and engineering competitions and internships—it’s an easy-to-follow ‘yellow brick road’ approach,” said Kelly Cooper, program officer, ONR Sea Platforms and Weapons division. “The goal is to expand student awareness and encourage them to pursue STEM education and careers.”
The competition challenges are designed to reflect Navy-relevant operations. This year, the 70 teams are competing in two events: an obstacle course and a salvage operation. Both take place in a community center indoor pool.
For the obstacle course, teams must navigate through 24-inch rings—which may be oriented in any direction—surface, re-submerge and return through the course. The salvage operation involves five 5-gallon buckets inverted on the pool’s bottom, which each team must float to the surface and then bring poolside.
SeaPerch gives teachers and students the resources they need to build an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from a kit made up of low-cost, easily accessible parts, following a curriculum that teaches basic engineering and science concepts with a marine engineering theme. The objective is that students will build STEM, problem-solving and teamwork skills.
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