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BLACK & VEATCH TEAMS UP WITH SPORTING KC TO LAUNCH STEM PROGRAM
Major league soccer team Sporting Kansas City is partnering with global engineering and construction company Black & Veatch to launch a program aimed at enhancing interest in STEM among local students in grades 6-8.
“We’ve teamed up with Sporting KC to promote the value of a STEM education to young people,” comments Lori Kelleher, executive director of Black & Veatch’s Building a World of Difference Foundation. “This program is another step forward in our quest to connect more kids to STEM. Doing this in collaboration with the iconic Sporting KC club and using the appeal of the world’s most popular sport is a great way to create a lot of enthusiasm.”
In 2015, Black & Veatch’s new growSTEM initiative, in partnership with Sporting KC, will include summer camps at Kansas City’s middle schools. With appearances by Sporting KC players and engineers from Black & Veatch, each camp will offer a STEM-related curriculum highlighted by a challenge specifically focused on Sporting KC. Subjects will include the engineering elements in the design of Sporting Park, technology solutions for fan engagement and on-field data analysis and display of player performance.
The partnership with Sporting KC builds on Black & Veatch’s global STEM partnership with the Museum at Prairiefire in Overland Park, along with the company’s many existing mentoring programs, and will be leveraged to drive volunteer efforts at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City.
“Black & Veatch puts STEM initiatives at the center of our philanthropic and community involvement efforts globally. They are vitally important to secure the next generation of professionals who will solve the engineering challenges of energy, water and communications in the future,” adds Becky Schieber, senior manager, Charitable Programs at Black & Veatch.
At the end of the program, students with perfect camp attendance, their guardians, and others involved with the growSTEM program will enjoy a grand finale night at the August 1 game at Sporting Park.
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