INVESTING IN THE FUTURE


LIVING PROOF ERDC’s Dr. Jan Hoover answers a question about his estimated 20-year-old sulcate African tortoise, named Century, during his presentation to Mississippi River Home Educators students. (Photo by David Roberts, ERDC)


CONCLUSION Testimonials


such


as


Shoenberger’s,


and positive feedback from students in middle school, high school and college, suggest to coordinators and mentors that ERDC’s STEM program is on the right track. In another measure of success, ERDC received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) top STEM Outstanding Team Award in August 2013, one of six awards recognizing ERDC’s STEM program and volunteers since the Human Capital Office stood up in 2010. ERDC has also received awards for innovative recruiting, human capital enterprise systems and an outstanding leadership development program.


With the well-documented need for more STEM professionals in the United States, the goal of ERDC’s STEM outreach program is to stimulate interest in today’s


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youth in STEM disciplines and careers. By engaging young students in fun, hands-on activities


in


inspiring them through challenging robotics competitions and mentoring them as student interns, ERDC is making a difference in students’ lives.


Tese students are the workforce of tomorrow, and many may become STEM


professionals. Trough the


combined efforts of its scientists and engineers, and with strong support from leadership, ERDC looks forward to success in growing the next generation of researchers to provide innovative solutions for a safer, better world.


LTG Tomas P. Bostick, USACE com- manding general and chief of engineers, has asked ERDC to share information and lessons learned from its STEM


summer camps,


program “for those who may wish to take advantage of these opportunities.” (See related article on Page 132.)


For more information, contact the author at 601-634-3861 or erdc-hco@usace. army.mil, or go to www.erdc.usace. army.mil.


DR. PEGGY BRASFEILD WRIGHT is the assistant director for human capital at ERDC in Vicksburg, MS. She holds a B.S. in computer science with a mathematics minor from Mississippi College and an M.S. and doctorate in computer science from Mississippi State University (MSU). She is a distinguished engineering fellow with the Bagley College of Engineering at MSU and a member of Human Capital Management for Defense and the Society for Human Resource Management.


Army AL&T Magazine


January–March 2014


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