Welcome to the Central MA STEM Network (CMSN)!
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Mission Statement
Our mission is to nurture youth who experience low-income and under-representation with engaging STEM experiences throughout Central Massachusetts.
We believe that engaging STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) experiences provide youth with a foundation for success, and we believe that all youth should have these opportunities.
Since 2004, the Central MA STEM Network (CMSN) Ecosystem has provided thousands of youth with a variety of exciting experiences that include: classroom STEM experiences and science fair project support, out-of-school time STEM activities, and STEM festivals, as well as professional development for STEM educators.
CMSN Ecosystem is a partnership among businesses, government, non-profits, educational institutions, schools, teachers, families, and youth that enables collaborations for deep and wide-scale impacts in our communities.
How We Enact Our Mission
STEM Week
We coordinate and promote STEM Week in Central Massachusetts each year.
STEM Kits Lending Library
We provide STEM kits for use across the Ecosystem through our lending library.
Full Membership Meetings
Upcoming CMSN Ecosystem Meetings:
- Nov. 14, 2024, 4:30-6 pm – In-person meeting and tour of Verdantas Flow Labs at Alden campus in Holden; Flyer; Register
- Jan. 23, 2025, 4-5:30 pm (Zoom) – Guest speaker TBD
- March 13, 2025, 4-5:30 pm (Zoom) – Guest speaker TBD
Details & registration will be forthcoming closer to each date, but please mark your calendar now.
Recent Past Meetings:
- Sept. 19, 2024 – Guest speaker: Linda Lee, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
- May 8, 2024 – Tour & dinner at Jabil in Clinton, MA
- March 21, 2024 – Guest speaker: Cyndie Leveille-Webster, Cummings School of Vet. Medicine at Tufts
- Jan. 25, 2024 – “Guiding Your Students from STEM Curiosity to a STEM Career,” Guest speakers from Monty Tech & MassHire North Central Workforce Board
- Nov. 15, 2023 – Tour, STEAM activity, & dinner at Boys & Girls Club in Leominster
- Sept. 21, 2023 – Guest speaker: Katie Chappell, Ecotarium
- May 11, 2023 – Tour & dinner at Saint-Gobain Research
- March 2, 2023 – Guest speakers: Brita Dempsey, Envirothon, & Sarah Bertrand, Mass Audubon’s Youth Climate Leadership Program
Events
We support STEM events throughout the region, such as the Central MA Science Festival in Leominster.
Fun Family Science & Technology Festival @Healthy Kids Day at the YMCA in Southbridge
STEM Week Family STEM Night @Boys and Girls Club in Worcester
STEM Learning Ecosystems
We are a part of the larger STEM Learning Ecosystems Community of Practice.
MA STEM Council
We implement priorities and recommendations of the MA STEM Council.
