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STEM mini-grant awardees

2024-2025

County
Teachers and Partners
Project Name
Amount

Kent

Betsy Verwys, Brian Hendricks, Brandon Paradis, Nick Smith, Tony Quinn

Northview Next Career Center

Partners: Amway, Cooper Rock Construction, DeWys Manufacturing, Brigade Fire

Exploring Careers in Manufacturing & Industry Through Robotics & VR

$1,919.95

Kent

Project Submission by: Stephanie McNitt

Out-of-School: Kids' Food Basket

Partners: This grant serves 50 schools and sites across Kent, Muskegon, Ottawa, and Allegan counties.

Seed to STEM: Experiential Learning in the Garden with Compost and the 5 senses

$3,665.00

Montcalm

Christina Adamson

Tri County Middle School

Partner: Claire Copps

Enhancing our Programming Skills with Edison

$948.00

Muskegon

Andria Yost, Brenda Robinson, Kristen Sturgis

Muskegon Montessori Academy for Environmental Change

Partner: Fab Lab 

STEM

$1,200.00

Newago

Jim Barstow

Out-of-School Program: NC PEERS, Inc.

NC GEARS 2024-25 FRC Robotics

$4,000.00

Ottawa

Avirl Wiers

Careerline Tech Center

Partners: Ottawa County Parks and Recreation, Ottawa Conservation District, Outdoor Discovery Center

A Bathymetric Study of Pigeon Lake

$1,030.00

Ottawa

Sarah Alsum-Wassenaar, Ramya Swayamprakash, Gina Johnson, Jesse Davenport, Brooke Herr

Black River Public School 

Partners: Windmill Island

Manoomin Test Sites

$1,500.00

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Greater West Michigan MiSTEM Region

Grand Valley State University

B-3-226 Mackinac Hall, 1 Campus Dr

Allendale, MI 49401

Contact Us

Ginger Rohwer

616-331-2272

rohwergi@gvsu.edu

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