2014 Press Releases

10/14/2014 STEM_NEW attract girls to STEM Sierra College 10 17 2014

10/3/2014 SME with Sierra College Leads Businesses to Offer 15 Events for National Manufacturers Day on Oct. 3

10/1/2014 Placer Community Foundation Establishes a STEM Scholarship at Sierra College Honoring the Walsh Family

8/15/2014  Sierra College Seeks Sponsors for NEW Girls in STEM Event

8/8/2014 SME & Sierra College Plan National Manufacturing Day Events

7/24/2014 Sierra College STEM Collaborative Releases Literature Review – Should Art Be Added to STEM?

7/16/2014  Design Thinking & Using Technology for Instruction Will Be Offered by Sierra College STEM with PUHSD on July 30

6/25/2014 Roseville Utility Exploration Center Day Camp Enables Makers to Explore STEM and Recycling Careers with Support from Sierra College

6/19/2014 Sierra College Supports National Day of Making

5/23/2014  Gene Haas Foundation Gives $10,000 for Scholarships to Rocklin High School, a member of the Sierra College STEM Collaborative

5/22/2014 Sierra College Dominates at SMUD Solar Regatta

5/16/2014 Ignite Your CTE Students’ Math Skills Webinar Offered by Sierra College CACT on May 22

4/16/2014  Sierra College STEM Collaborative Teaches Critical Thinking

3/20/2014 Colfax High School Students’ Prototype Made on a 3D Printer Supplied by Sierra College STEM Collaborative, Takes a Quirky Path

2/28/2014 Sierra College Offers Hands-on Math Teacher Workshops

Sierra STEM Hands on Math Common Core March May 2014 Workshops Flyer

2/12/2014  Sierra College and Harris & Bruno Fill Manufacturing Skills Gap

1/23/2014 Sierra College CACT & Hacker Lab Partnership & 3D Printer Spur Innovation

2013 Press Releases

11/6/2013 STEM Teachers See Impact of Manufacturing Day Tours Organized by Sierra College

10/24/2013 Sierra College Trains High School Math Teachers to Take Action to Meet Common Core Education Requirements 

10/5/2013 RobbJack Shows Colfax High School Students How Math Is Used in Manufacturing During National Manufacturing Day Tour Arranged by Sierra College

10/01/2013 National Manufacturing Day Is Being Celebrated in the Sacramento Region with STEM Student Tours Organized by Sierra College

8/26/2013 Sierra College Awarded $300K Grant to Prepare Advanced Manufacturing Workforce

8/19/2013 Installing Solar for Families in Need Inspires Sierra College Faculty to Develop Real-World Math Applications

8/14/2013 Sierra College CACT Publishes Additive Manufacturing White Paper on 3D Printers for Teaching and Product Design

7/30/2013 Sierra College and Del Oro Double Certification of High School Welders

7/24/2013 Sierra College Breaks New Ground by Taking an Applied Approach to Teaching Critical Thinking 

6/6/2013 Sierra College Supported STEM Lab Turns Rocklin High School Students into Entrepreneurs

6/4/2013 Sierra College Engineering Wins a Top Prize in the 2013 Rube Goldberg Machine Competitions at UC

5/24/2013 Colfax STEM Teachers’ Amplifier Project, Supported by Sierra College, Resonates with Freshmen

5/9/2013 Sierra College STEM Puts Additive Manufacturing in Del Oro High School Class

5/6/2013 Sierra College Nontraditional STEM Event Inspires Girls

4/25/2013 Sierra College Media Alert Weld Expo 13 Sat April 27 in Rocklin _ 4 25 13v2

4/19/2013 #96 Sparks will fly at Sierra College Weld Expo ’13 April 27 in Rocklin

4/16/2013 CACT Sierra NEW Event girls experience nontraditional careers 4 16 13

4/2/2013 NEW Flyer Sierra College STEM Event to allow girls to experience nontraditional education paths

3/7/2013 #77 Northstar Math in STEM Jobs 3.7.13 SIerra College CACT – STEM Collaborative

2/20/2013 Sierra College addresses Critical Thinking for STEM jobs

2012 Press Releases

12/06/2012 #049 Sierra College – NSF grant teaches applied math 12.6.12

10/24/2012 #36 SC STEM – Colfax Students Receive MIT Invention Grant

10/19/2012 #033 Rocklin High School Engineering Support Technology Lab Grand Opening Oct 29 10.19.12

10/01/2012 #024 CACT-SC National Manufacturing Day Oct 5 Events 10 1 12

09/27/2012 #021 Sierra College 9 27 12 Skills Gap Addressed by Fusing Math with Welding

06/26/2012 #93 Sierra STEM – Troubleshooting Prototype Prepares Students for STEM Careers

06/07/2012 #91 Architecture Student Inspired when Schools & Business Collaborated

04/16/2012 #070 Sierra STEM teachers sketchUP workshop

01/19/2012 Veterans go from Serving the Nation to Building Energy Conservation

01/03/2012 Catapult Launches Students’ Interests in Product Development (Del Oro High School in Loomis)

2011 Press Releases

Ocotber 27, 2011 Sierra College and the California Conservation Corps Join Forces to Train and Employ Veterans

August 15, 2011 Rocklin High School Students design NASA Trophy 

July 19, 2011 Telefunken relies on Sierra College for Mechatronics Training

June 14, 2011 Sierra College STEM MasterCam Training #87 Instructors Learn MasterCam to Prepare Future Workforce

February 28, 2011 Auburn’s California Conservation Corps Completes Training to Energize Careers

January 24, 2011  STEMposium movie: STEM Tech-Explorer Catapult – Sierra School Works Applied Math

2010 Press Releases

September 14, 2010  Placer Union Teachers Add Up Benefits of Hands-on Math #11 Sierra College STEM PUHSD train teachers in hands-on math 9.14.10 See photos at STEM Academy Fraction Contraption

August 16, 2010  Youth prepare for Green Jobs at Auburn’s California Conservation Corps Sierra CACT and Calif Conservation Corps Green Jobs training Aug 16, 2010

May 19, 2010 Sierra College wins National Science Foundation grant #085 National Science Foundation grant Sierra College 2010_5.18.10

May 10, 2010 Placer Union High School District commends Sierra College STEM Collaborative #083 STEM – Placer Union HS District Recognition 05102010

March 17, 2010 Sierra College Receives Awards at the Placer County Economic Development Summit #064 Sierra College Awards v2. 3 22 10

March 16, 2010 Sierra College CACT wins Energy Training Grant Press Release 03162010 Sierra CACT Energy Training Grant

Jan 6, 2010 Placer High School’s Mechatronics Class benefits from Sierra College’s Support Sierra STEM Placer Mechatronics 2010 01

2009 Press Releases

11/18/2009 Sierra College helps Nevada Union High School Teachers Produce Fresh IDEAs