STEM/STEAM 2022
(
https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/in-focus/2022/02/ in-focus-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science) demonstrating the worldwide effort to improve access to STEM and STEAM programs for girls and women. In January of this year, I was asked to participate, with the
tabletop SEM, at an Island WISE (Women in Science and Engi- neering) event out of Cape Breton University on the other side of the continent (
https://www.islandwisecbu.ca). It wasn’t the furthest I have Zoomed with the SEM. Tat goes to a primary school in Melbourne, Australia. With Zoom and connecting in real time, it doesn’t matter now how far away anyone is, as long as there is an internet connection. With companies such as Hitachi, and scientists willing to give their time and enthu- siasm, nothing is impossible. Tis year at M&M 2022 in Portland, because I can drive
Figure 8: A fern spore. SEM image.
would-be mentors. One such program is Girls’ STEM-pede (
www.girlsstempede.com). A quick Google of your local University website and
Women in Science will provide contacts of possible mentors. My University has a Women in Science group that interviewed me (
https://www.uvicwomeninscience.com/interviews/2018/12/21/ dr-elaine-humphrey). Even the United Nations has a Women in Science page
down, I am hoping to bring my tabletop SEM so we can share ideas at the ProjectMICRO outreach booth, part of the MSA MegaBooth in the exhibit hall. I get a lot of my ideas for outreach programs networking with delegates at the M&M meeting. I strongly encourage our readers to become proactive and
check out if there are any STEM/STEAM programs in your area, particularly with the MSA Local Affiliated Societies (LAS). Why re-invent the wheel! If there are none in your area, then I strongly encourage you to start a STEM/STEAM initiative in your local communities and LAS. I hope you have as much fun as I have been having, and I hope you will network winning ideas.
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