Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

Multiple academic studies have demonstrated that encouraging children to pursue a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) career gives them a distinct business advantage later in life. STEM occupations have an average salary of $100,900, nearly double the national average for non-STEM positions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 16, 2023

Glenn Gilyot’s research as a doctoral student in organic chemistry at the University of Missouri-Columbia and the recognition he has received, while significant, pale in comparison to the satisfaction he has derived from his work with a STEM program for elementary and middle-school students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Gilyot calls his position as the graduate student coordinator of STEM Cubs at the university “one of the major highlights of the last three years.” Gilyot calls his position as the graduate student coordinator of STEM Cubs at the university “one of the major highlights of the last three years.”

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