51 Gooodman Drive, P.O. Box 19970
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative After-School Clubs
The Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative (GCSC) was launched in July 2011 by Procter & Gamble and the Strive Partnership in response to the accelerating demand for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) jobs in Greater Cincinnati. It is now housed in the Youth Futures Center at U.C. GCSC’s focus is to develop and expand new, effective, partnership-based models for engaging students and increasing their interest in STEM learning and careers.
GCSC’s 3d Printers and STEM Bicycle Clubs expand students’ STEM skills and interest in STEM careers. In 3d Printers Clubs students learn the engineering and problem-solving design processes, while working with 3D printers and modeling software. In STEM Bicycle Clubs, students make micro adjustments to, and reverse engineer, a new bicycle they get to keep. STEM professionals from local businesses volunteer as coaches and mentors.
GCSC partners most with high-need, under-resourced schools in this program and encourages club teachers-leaders to include students under-represented in STEM fields (low-income students, girls, and students of color).
Due to Covid-19, the 2019-2020 school year programs were not completed, but the resources were used to convert the club programming into Family STEM Kits in the summer of 2020. 3,200 Family STEM Kits were distributed, serving 2,700 students, 152 educators, and 96 participating programs. 570 volunteers were involved with 152 community partners to make all of this possible. Grants from the Dater Foundation and others supported the program.
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