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Johnathan HolifieldState Director of Inclusive Competitiveness for Believe in [email protected] Mary McWilliamsColumbus Metro Inclusive Competitiveness Coordinator for Believe in Ohio’s Urban STEM Mentoring Network [email protected] Wayne HicksCincinnati Metro Inclusive Competitiveness Coordinator for Believe in Ohio’s Urban STEM Mentoring Network [email protected] Dr. Bilal M. M. BomaniCleveland Metro Inclusive Competiveness Coordinator for Believe in Ohio’s Urban STEM Mentoring Network [email protected]
The Urban STEM Mentoring Network Leadership TeamOur team is here is guide you as Mentor for the Believe in
Ohio Program.
Believe InWhen you believe in Ohio, a student from an urban area can become a scientist and/or an entrepreneur.”.
As the old adage states, “Each One, Teach One,” your involvement with the Believe in Ohio Urban STEM Mentoring Network will allow you to teach and reach a motivated student.
We need professionals, like you, to align urban students with the future of science, technology and entrepreneurship for Ohio. In as little as 1 hour per month, you can mentor a student to compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash awards and scholarships to Ohio colleges and universities.
Ohio has a long tradition of innovation and your guidance can encourage an urban student to be a successful
competitor in the Innovation Economy.
The Believe in Ohio program helps our students to go from consumers of innovation to creators of innovation.
“Each One, Teach One”
Believe In
Urban STEM Mentoring Network
Promoting STEM Education and
Entrepreneurship
About Believe in OhioBelieve in Ohio seeks to develop Ohio’s next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs to create the new products and services of the future through the application of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It is the only statewide Ohio student education program to integrate innovation and entrepreneurship as pathways to create future jobs.
Follow these simple steps to “Believe in Ohio” and help an urban student became an Ohio innovator.
Tell us you are interested by going to www.believeinohio.org/mentor-signup
After the customary background check, a teacher will match you with a motivated student
For about 1 hour per month you will work with your matched student
Mentor them through our “Ohio Roadmap to Future Jobs & Prosperity” to compete for cash awards and scholarships.
Prepare the student for the STEM Commercialization and Business Plan Competition in March 2016.
Cheer them on for completing the process.
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Global Innovation Century...
Believe In
The 20th century, often called the “American Industrial Century”, was a time when Ohio and other states comprised the world’s preeminent economic force. The 21st century can be called the “Global Innovation Century”. Today, facing unprecedented world competition, Ohio cannot reach its economic goals without contributions from many more Ohioans, including underserved, urban populations.
As described by the Ohio Board of Regents Subcommittee on Inclusive Competitiveness, to build a more competitive, resilient and prosperous economy, Ohio must begin to connect African Americans and Latinos in urban areas to the state’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-driven, Innovation Economy. The Believe in Ohio program does just that.
Believe in Ohio provides urban students deep exposure to STEM disciplines, uniquely enhanced with entrepreneurship tools. To ensure broad participation in the program, Believe in Ohio has adopted Inclusive Competitiveness – an interdisciplinary framework to improve the performance of underrepresented Ohioans in the Innovation Economy – to help urban students become more successful STEM education competitors and economic contributors.
Young people in urban centers need to know that the true path to success is to fill the dual pipelines of productivity – becoming “intrapreneurial” employees and job creating entrepreneurs in next generation industries. These industries are largely in STEM areas that represent our state’s present and future economic promise.
“If our state and country are going to continue to be prosperous, then all parts of our society - including youth in Ohio’s urban areas – need opportunities to become innovators and competitors in today’s Innovation Economy. For that to happen, we need accomplished African Americans, Hispanics and others in STEM and business from all over Ohio to serve as inspirational role models and mentors for our urban youth.”
Dr. Julian M. Earls, Retired Director of NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and Lifelong Mentor and Advocate for Urban STEM Education
