Join the webinar on “Fun with Engineering” – Student Recruitment in Engineering Technology, All in One Package from CREATE as a part of their Spring 2025 Innovation Webinar Series.

The past four years, CREATE has sponsored the Call for Innovative Ideas, highlighting the outstanding work faculty have done to integrate technology, engage students with industry-relevant tools, and create student-centered, hands-on courses. This year they are excited to announce their line up of Innovation presentations. These webinars are 30 minutes and showcase the amazing work being done by energy educators across the nation.

High school and community college STEM educators are invited to participate in the National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing's Professional Skills Series. 

Workshop #1:  Dealing with Difficult People - April 25, 2025 - 11:00am-3:00pm Eastern Time

High School and community college educator participants completing both the “Dealing with Difficult People” and “Emotional Intelligence” workshops will be eligible for a $100 stipend. All participants will receive a Microcredential for each workshop they attend. Each workshop must be registered for separately.

Go beyond focusing solely on presenting yourself as the optimal candidate and utilize the interview to determine if an internship/job opportunity is a “Good Fit” for you! In this workshop you’ll gain strategies to clarify your career and educational goals and frame questions to obtain accurate information to assess if a workplace will support those goals, while also learning to recognize potential misalignments.

Workshop participants will come away with strategies to:

• Define what a ‘bad fit' or 'toxic work environment’ is
• Outline and clarify your own goals before the interview
• Use questions during an interview to determine whether a workplace is in alignment with your goals and values
• Articulate strategies and practice language to frame questions
• Describe examples of verbal and non-verbal red flags indicating the opportunity may not be a “Good Fit”
• Describe factors that can make it difficult to recognize and weigh the potential impact of red flags during and after an interview

Presenter: Naledi Saul, MPM, Director, UCSF Office of Career and Professional Development

Welcome to the 2025 InnovATEBIO series of virtual ATE project talks.  This series features leaders in biotechnology workforce education from across the US sharing their work on exciting projects funded by the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program.  The ATE program supports the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy.

Talk 1:  Module Development for Bioindustrial Manufacturing Workforce Readiness

BioMADE and member Delgado Community College recently received a National Science Foundation grant to develop pioneering new industry-driven curricula for bioindustrial manufacturing that will build the technical workforce needed to support this growing sector. This webinar will cover the modules that will be developed, the topics they will cover, and opportunities to participate in the project.

Speaker:  Louise Petruzzella (BioMADE)

Talk 2:  Work-based biotech education

Speakers:  Michael Fuller, BABEC

Join presenters for an engaging conversation with educators & industry leaders as they take a behind-the-scenes look at the development of Waubonsee Community College’s new Drinking Water/ Wastewater Technology Certificate, launching in fall 2025. 

In this webinar, you will get a glimpse of the process of creating the program—from identifying industry needs and building partnerships, to designing curriculum based on KSAs vetted with workforce demands using the Business & Industry Leadership Team(BILT) model of co-leadership. 

Presenters will explore the certificate’s structure, its connection to regional and national wastewater industry standards, and how the program is preparing students for essential roles in water and wastewater management. Whether you're an educator, industry partner, or workforce development professional, this session will offer valuable insight into building responsive and forward-thinking technician education. 

Key topics include: 
- The collaborative process behind program development 
- Curriculum highlights and hands-on learning components 
- Industry affiliations and advisory support 
- Long-term goals for workforce impact and student success 

The goal of the STEM Educator Institutes is to provide STEM Educators with renewable energy lessons, classroom equipment, and a unique hands-on learning experience to take back to their students. The events are funded by the CREATE Energy NSF ATE National Center. Any STEM educator of middle school through college is invited to apply.

Each participant will be mailed a box of equipment, a $200 value at no cost, before the institute begins. You can perform each lesson with the provided equipment and guidance from the online sessions. You will also meet other teachers who you can collaborate and share ideas with.

Virtual Institute Schedule:

• Saturday, April 26, 11:00-1:00 CDT
• Wednesday, April 30, 6:00-7:00 pm CDT
• Saturday, May 3, 11:00-12:30 CDT
• Wednesday, May 7, 6:00-7:00 pm CDT
• Saturday, May 10, 11:00-12:30 CDT

At RSAC 2025, you're not just attending a conference—you're stepping into a vibrant, thriving community of thinkers, innovators, and achievers. Though everyone comes from different corners of the cybersecurity world, everyone is united by a common mission: to foresee risks, counter threats, and embrace the challenges ahead. Together, everyone shapes the future of security. Together, everyone shines as one.

Join RSAC 2025 to be a part of something bigger. Many Voices. One Community.

Members, join BioMADE for the 2025 Member Meeting: April 29-30 in Minneapolis, MN. Committees will meet May 1. If you’ve attended the Member Meeting before, you know it’s the event of the year for bioindustrial manufacturing. Attendees leave inspired about the state of the industry, informed about the latest developments in products and technology, and energized to work with newfound connections.