Eclipse Presentation-Come Join Our Celebration

Event Details: Date: Sunday April 7, 2024 Time: 2PM-4PMLocation: Missisquoi Valley Union High School, 100 Thunder Bird Drive, Swanton Vermont Cost: Free! The Stem Challenge Initiative of Vermont (scivt.org) is pleased to invite you to attend our eclipsecelebration highlighting two advocates of astronomy, Molly Drapa and Hazel Wilkins. They willshare family-friendly presentations suitable for all […]

Franklin/Grand Isle Teachers and Parents – Nominate your grade 3-8 students and children for a chance to attend our upcoming Eclipse Event “Journey Through the Stars”

Star Lab

Event Details: Date:                  Saturday April 6, 2024 Time:                  Two sessions, 2 PM and 3 PM Location:         Missisquoi Valley Union High School Other activities at this event include an Oculus Virtual Reality (VR) Goggle Experience. Virtual views of past eclipses Apollo 11 Adventures in Space Mission ISS Earthrise and many more exciting VR […]

STEM Challenge Grants are Back!

We’re resuming our $1,000 STEM Challenge Initiative Challenge Grants. We’re excited to start funding your STEM educational programs once again. Our fall application cycle deadline is November 30. We award Challenge Grants to educators at schools, libraries, and other organizations that are conducting STEM related activities. Click Here to visit the application page to learn […]

Congratulations to the winners of our 2023 STEM Scholarships

The response to our 2023 STEM Scholarship Call for Applications was amazing. We received applications from all the school districts in Franklin County. In addition, we were excited to receive applicants from home schooled students. The quality of applications were outstanding, and our review committee had a very difficult job of selecting six scholarship winners. […]

Spring 2023 High School Senior STEM Scholarship Application is Now Available

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STEM Challenge Initiative is pleased to announce that we will be offering up to five cash awards to area high school seniors from Franklin/Grand Isle Counties who are pursuing STEM related higher education.Each award will be $1000. Completed applications should be received by May 15, 2023. Please visit our scholarship application page by clicking here […]

STEM Recognition Night Banquet – We’ll see you in 2022!

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we will not be holding an in-person STEM Recognition Night event this year. We are sorry that we can’t get together to celebrate all the wonderful STEM projects going on in our region. However, we look forward to seeing you all next year!

STEM Challenge Initiative Donates Oculus Goggles to Grand Isle School District

On December 21, 2020, STEM Challenge Initiative proudly donated five sets of Oculus virtual reality goggles to the Grand Isle School District.  This donation was done in memory of our long-time board member, the late Eric Buel, PhD.  Eric was a resident of Alburgh, Vermont, and he did so much in his career and retirement […]

STEM at MVU in the News!

Each year, Missisquoi Valley Union Middle and High School puts on one of our regions most successful Science/STEM Fairs. The local NBC5 NBC station affiliate recently featured the MVU STEM Fair in their Math+Science Monday series. Check out this great coverage of our local STEM talented students and teachers. Click Here to see the story.