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Science, Technology, Engineering, Math & Medicine
Foundations In Rural Education
We Have Moved!
Please head to and save our new site: www.raiseks.org
New Contact Email:
LASCHMIDT7@FHSU.EDU
STEMM FIRE is excited to announce our partnership with the Science and Mathematics Education Institute at Fort Hays State University!
Funded in part by a grant from the Patterson Family Foundation, STEMM FIRE will now be a program under the newly created RAISE Kansas organization (Rural Alliance Investing in STEMM Education).
With this partnership and grant funding we will be able to reach more students across rural Kansas, develop an "Educonomy" Pilot program to further support rural communities, and work on building support and resources for rural STEMM educators. We are so excited! Our new website will be coming soon!
RAISE Kansas Team
Sailor-Anne Seiler
Western Kansas
Assistant Director
Lindsay Schmidt
Executive Director
Earl Legleiter
Educonomy Program
Assistant Director
For the future of rural Kansas
"[STEMM FIRE] made me want to go to school for something I hadn't even thought of."
-rural Kansas 8th grader
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Our MISSION
Providing Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medical career exposure, educational guidance and support by connecting industry professionals to rural school districts and communities in an effort to ignite interest and empower rural youth, parents and educators.
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