SPEAKER PROGRAM
NEXT STAGE OUR SPONSORS
3pm - 3:30pm
Informal & Continuing Education
Donald Tracy, Austin Community College
Julie Shannan, Girlstart
Tricia Berry, UT Austin Women in
Engineering Program
4pm - 4:30pm
STEM Careers
Stacy Schmitt, National Instruments
Susan Dawson, E3 Alliance
Steve Nelson, Freescale
5pm - 5:30pm
College Planning
Mike Reeser, Texas State Technical
College System
Richard Middleton, The College Board
Tracy Manier, St. Edward's University
6pm - 6:30pm
District Messaging
Edmund Oropez, Austin ISD
Monica Sanchez, Austin Council of PTAs
Sarah Mabry, Eanes ISD
7pm - 7:30pm
Community Celebration
Jack Andraka, 2012 ISEF Winner
Meria Carstarphen, Austin ISD
Texas State Technical College
tstc.edu
Texas State Technical College consists of four technical
colleges and is nationally recognized as a leader in
real world, hands-on education for today's in-demand
careers. TSTC colleges rank consistently as top col-
leges in the state and nation for conferring associate
degrees in engineering, precision production, computer
information systems, communication and informa-
tion sciences, and enrollment of Hispanic students.
Austin Chronicle
austinchronicle.com
Renowned for its support of the Austin music
scene. Austin's weekly community newspaper,
covering politics, art and culture since 1981. If
it's important to Austin, it's in the Chronicle.
Austin Energy Regional Science Festival
sciencefest.org
Is one of Texas' largest regional science fairs with
almost 3,000 students from 3rd through 12th grade.
It encourages and rewards student research and
provides scientists, engineers and other profes-
sionals a chance to volunteer in the community.
KUT
kut.org
KUT News, Austin's NPR station, uses the highest
editorial standards to shed light on Austin's civic
challenges and opportunities and connects citizens to
information they need to experience Austin, Texas.
Microsoft Research
research.microsoft.com/diversity
Microsoft Research is where 1,100 scientists and
engineers expand the boundaries of computing
in diverse research areas from environmental
science, to machine learning, bioinformatics,
data visualization, and even flying robots.
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