Eighteen months after completing his degree and starting work with a Fort Meade contractor, the gifted high-tech professional tendered his resignation. There weren’t any problems between the young man and his employer. But another company had offered him a raise of $65,000 and a benefits package that included a 17-percent…...
Tech Mania brings cyber, drones, brains, virtual reality and a mobile STEM lab to local students
More than 120 local 9th grade students gathered at Anne Arundel Community College’s Regional Higher Education Center in Hanover on Nov. 22 for a morning filled with exciting STEM activities from FMA members. Tech Mania welcomed students from Meade High School and North County High School in Anne Arundel County;…...
Army honors FGGM and FMA for its partnership
The U.S. Department of the Army has awarded Fort George G. Meade and the Fort Meade Alliance a 2019 Army Community Partnership Award for their collaboration to renovate Kuhn Hall into the installation’s new Resiliency and Education Center. The 9,000-square-foot revamped facility will improve the lives of military personnel, their…...
Remembering Elijah Cummings
He was best known as a tireless crusader within the halls of Congress for equality, social justice and principled government, but for one morning Elijah Cummings was the man who convinced a group of Meade High School students that they could achieve any dream. The Representative of Maryland’s Seventh Congressional…...
FMA transforms Arundel Mills into an exciting STEM Family Night
The Fort Meade Alliance hosted its 9th Annual STEM Family Night on October 23 with more than 400 elementary and middle schools students, along with their parents enjoying an educational night of hands-on STEM activities. FMA members, community organizations and area schools transformed Arundel Mills Dining Pavilion into as STEM…...
Apprenticeship initiative strives to create non-traditional path to cyber careers
Faced with shortages of cyber security/information technology workers, disconnects between academic programs and employer needs, and difficulties providing work experiences to students, some training experts are suggesting the CS/IT industry adopt an alternate model of workforce development – namely, apprenticeships. “This is a way for employers to reimagine workforce, reimagine…...
