Debbie Mobley, Head of Human Resources at Praxis Engineering, and David Stevens, Partner at Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, brought their collective experience of human resources management and law to the October 21st MBC Virtual Meet-Up to help business owners sift through the myriad of questions about reconstituting their workforce in…...
Challenge #2: Digital Age Challenges Schools to Widely Change K-12 Education
The growing need for cybersecurity and information technology (CS/IT) professionals in homeland security, healthcare, finance, energy and numerous other sectors has saddled America’s K-12 education system with a profound challenge. Grade schools which only started to dabble in teaching computer science roughly 15 years ago, now need to provide a…...
Challenge #3: How Gamers Could Be a Prime Source of Cyber Professionals
A key opportunity to grow the nation’s ranks of cybersecurity and information technology (CS/IT) professionals exists among a smattering of children with unexpected potential. They may not be A students, math whizzes, STEM-focused or even college-bound. But outside of class, they wile away hours gaming, coding, building robotics or toying…...
Key Leaders Series Focuses on How to Thrive During a Pandemic
From supporting national security missions, business success and talent development in the midst of a pandemic to helping elementary school children improve their reading, the latest FMA Key Leaders Series provided a wealth of insights on how to create healthy companies and communities during a very challenging year. Kathy Warden…...
Project SCOPE Social Media Campaign Launch
With the start of the 2020-2021 school year, the Fort Meade Alliance has kicked off a social media blitz touting the new and improved Project SCOPE website to students and teachers. Project SCOPE provides students, members of the workforce and transitioning military/veterans with valuable resources to understand the benefits of…...
Leading the Charge of STEMOVATION in Anne Arundel County
Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) has partnered with the Fort Meade Alliance (FMA) and Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation (AAEDC) to develop a new program that will allow high school students to take existing projects to the next level. The new program, called STEMOVATION, gives select juniors at three…...
