Sign in Home Welcome What We Do News & Community Philanthropy Contact Search News & Community Amerikam to Sponsor Junior Achievement STEM Event on May 6, 2021 Posted on May 04, 2021 Amerikam will be an Industry Sponsor for the Junior Achievement "Passport to STEM: A Virtual Experience" event, on May 6, 2021. "The JA Passport to STEM: A Virtual Experience will reach hundreds of 7th and 8th-grade boys and girls in the greater Grand Rapids, Lansing, Lakeshore, Battle Creek & Kalamazoo, and Northern Michigan areas. In a 2-hour online event, JA introduces these students to female mentors who work in STEM-related fields and shows them the exciting possibilities for their future. After a TED-style talk from inspirational STEM women, mentors use the JA It's My Future curriculum to encourage students to ask questions about their own futures and urge them to consider a career in STEM. But why? We have a growing nationwide STEM gap. STEM-related jobs grew at 3 times the rate of non-related STEM jobs between 2000 and 2010. There has been a steep decline in the number of female graduates with computer science degrees over the past 3 decades. 2/3 of teens say they may be discouraged from pursuing a stem career simply because they don't know anyone else in these fields or they don't understand what people in these fields do." Tweet Home | Welcome | What We Do | News & Community | Philanthropy | Contact Amerikam Inc. | 1337 Judd Avenue | Wyoming, Michigan 49509 | P: 616-243-5833 | F: 616-243-8711 © 2021 by Amerikam | Developed and Hosted by K-Data Systems