Business AfterSchool: Manufacturing Week
Greater Spokane Incorporated hosted its Business AfterSchool Manufacturing Week series by bringing area students, educators and parents into our local manufacturing community to provide a real-life...
View ArticleSpokane STEM Network: Math Is Cool
The Spokane STEM Network works to transform the way we think, learn, work and live through STEM by enhancing STEM education opportunities for all youth in the region and by increasing the number of...
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Business AfterSchool: Engineering Week
GSI invites you and your student to attend Engineering Week, February 24-26. By 2018, we will see a 24% increase in these STEM opportunities, seven points above the national average! The GSI Business...
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Share Space Spokane: You Should Be Here!
If working from home just isn’t doing for you … If you can’t seem to focus on tasks from your seat in the coffee shop … You should totally become part of the Share Space Spokane community! Starting at...
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Business AfterSchool: Health Care Week
Health care is one of Spokane County’s robust sectors of economic activity. Business AfterSchool offers a series of industry-specific open house events for students, educators and parents that provide...
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FIRST Robotics: It’s a Rush!
The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) – RECYCLE RUSH – was a huge hit earlier this month. GSI helps plan this event and we depend on a lot of volunteers to make it run smoothly. Events like this support...
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Spokane STEM: Event Wrap-Up & New Blog!
Spokane STEM, in partnership with GSI, presented the Lens of STEM on March 31, at Itron. Boston Consulting Group managing partner John Wenstrup presented on BCG’s recent report, Opportunity for All:...
View ArticleVote YES On These Special Election Bond Issues!
Two of our local school districts — Cheney and Nine Mile Falls — will include their bonds in the special election taking place on April 28. If you live within these districts, please vote YES to help...
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GSI Believes That Education Grows Economies
GSI’s Education and Workforce program strives to position the region for economic expansion by establishing a highly educated and technically skilled workforce that will accommodate the needs of...
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Education Grows Economies: Connecting Today’s Students with Tomorrow’s...
We’re kicking off our 2015-16 Education & Workforce programs just in time for the start of the new school year! Whether you’re an educator, a student, or a business, there are a lot of ways for you...
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Take a Look at Your Future: Manufacturing Week Registration is Open!
Business AfterSchool connects students to the world of business. Through a series of industry-week workshops, we partner with local industry leaders who provide real-world awareness of Spokane’s...
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GSI Launches Pilot Program for Education Initiative
The work that we do every day in education and workforce to ensure a skilled and qualified pipeline of individuals for future employment with regional businesses includes more than important programs...
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Teaching the Teachers Program Connects the World of Education and Business
This fall, as part of our Teaching the Teachers program, teachers took a trip to Bouten Construction to explore careers in skilled trade and management in the construction industry. The purpose? To...
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Business AfterSchool Engineering Week Introduces Students to the World of...
Ever wonder if you could sample a career before committing to your degree? Greater Spokane Incorporated’s Business AfterSchool program lets you do just that. Engineering Week gives 8-12th grade...
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Women in STEM: Why aren’t there more girl scientists?
“Why aren’t there more girl scientists?” The question was simple; the answer is something we’re working on. Posed by one of the youngest students in attendance at last month’s Women in STEM Town Hall —...
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Growing our economy through education attainment
Education is the heart of a healthy economy and it is one of the most important assets we have to attract businesses to our region, create new jobs, and ensure we have a strong workforce to fill those...
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Business AfterSchool Health Care Week: A wellness check for your future!
Business AfterSchool is a series of industry-week workshops that provides on-site experiences in some of Spokane’s highest-demand employment sectors. Students, educators and parents gain perspectives...
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Eastern WA Robotics Teams Qualify for World Championships
In Spokane, competing in robotics begins as early as Kindergarten and continues through high school graduation. These experiences embed STEM skills in students at an early age and cultivate a love for...
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Spokane County, WA Students to Receive Unique STEM-Focused Scholarship
The Washington State Opportunity Scholarship (WSOS) was created by the Washington State Legislature in 2011 to help local students from low and middle-income families earn high-demand degrees and...
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Business AfterSchool Looking for Workshop Hosts, Receives Grant for Upcoming...
Greater Spokane Incorporated (GSI) is proud to announce the award of a $15,000 grant to Business AfterSchool, a program that brings students into area businesses to highlight industry skills, new...
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Spokane area STEM students get hands-on with robotic surgery
Students from across the Inland Northwest gathered at the WSU Spokane campus earlier this month for a special event, which included a hands-on, practical STEM lesson with Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci...
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Dozens of students attend Caterpillar’s Introduce a Girl to STEM Day
The Spokane region is home to a business community that provides strong support of education attainment in our community. From sponsoring events and providing resources to both employees and students...
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Business AfterSchool delivers a peek inside The M building construction
The following news update was submitted by Jesse Gilliam, Washington STEM Director of Communications and Policy, covering one of our recent Business AfterSchool workshops with DCI Engineers. — When it...
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GSI COO Keynotes National STEM Summit
Alisha Benson, COO of Greater Spokane Incorporated and Board Member of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives was joined by Sam Whiting, Director of Global Engagement for Boeing to address...
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A Platform to Connect Professionals and Educators
Think for a moment about your career and the decisions you made to get to where you are now. Does your current occupation match what you aspired to be when you were 7 years old? Did you have a mentor...
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Calling all Students and Teachers!
The beginning of a new school year brings new opportunities with Business AfterSchool and Teaching the Teachers. Learn more about each program and see the schedules for fall 2018. Business...
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Fall 2019 Business AfterSchool and Teaching the Teachers Workshops
Business AfterSchool is a series of career connected learning workshops hosted by local businesses for students in grades 6-12 in the greater Spokane region. Students are invited to attend a workshop...
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