Science, Technology, Engineering, Math & Medicine
Foundations In Rural Education
We Are Growing!
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
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.
our impact
6355
Number of students reached so far (starting 11.2019)
+20
Number of known STEMM mentors connected
38%
Percent of students who want to learn more about pursuing a STEMM career after a STEMM FIRE visit
bring us to your school or organization
How it works: Contact us by phone or email. We will coordinate a convenient date with you and head out to your school with 5-7 different STEMM professionals! Each person will speak about their career and we will leave time at the end for students to get up, get hands-on with objects from the careers, and get to know the professionals - including setting up mentoring/job shadowing opportunities! Each talk takes about 75 minutes and student group sizes are flexible.
OUR EVENTS
We are currently scheduling in-person speaking events for the 2024-2025 school year!
Mentors, college resources and potential job shadowing opportunities exist year-round, contact us to learn more!
**New locations/dates coming soon!
TMP-Marian
Hays, KS
September 26th, 2024
LaCrosse, KS
October 17th, 2024
Sacred Heart
Salina, KS
October 24th, 2024
Hamilton, KS
October 24th, 2024
Phillipsburg, KS
November 4th, 2024 (Morning)
Norton, KS
November 4th, 2024 (Afternoon)
Russell, KS
November 14th, 2024
Ellis, KS
November 25th, 2024
Western Plains
Ransom, KS
November 25th, 2024
Goessel, KS
February 5th, 2024
See where STEMM FIRE has previously been here.
Donate
You can be an integral part of improving STEMM exposure to rural students. Your support helps keep our organization and programs running so that we can continue to interact and provide STEMM career exposure to more and more students each year. Help us increase our impact, learn about the ways you can donate to STEMM FIRE.
STEMM FIRE is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization
