LONG BEACH, NY \u2014 For 19 Long Beach students, a May 4 STEM event at SUNY College at Old Westbury was a chance to become their sisters\u2019 keepers. <\/p>\n
The My Sister\u2019s Keeper Initiative is offered through a partnership between the state university and the New York State Education Department, exposing girls and young women of color to possible careers in science, technology, engineering and math. A Long Beach district spokesperson said that the program focused on narrowing gender gaps and increasing diversity in STEM while developing the leadership of participants. <\/p>\n
\u201cOpportunities like this allow our students to see themselves in STEM spaces and understand that their goals are truly within reach,\u201d Long Beach High School Principal Andy Smith said. \u201cWe are proud to partner with programs that open doors and expand possibilities for their future.\u201d<\/p>\n
The program began with an address by New York State Education Department assistant commissioner for the Office of Access, Equity, and Community Engagement Services Dr. Anael Alston, followed by a breakfast, a guided campus tour and a moderated panel discussion featuring State Education Commissioner Dr. Betty Rosa. That panel discussion, district officials said, featured information on each of the panelists\u2019 professional journeys and encouraged students to pursue careers in STEM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, NY \u2014 For 19 Long Beach students, a May 4 STEM event at SUNY College at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-303134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}