Colorado ADSC Community of Practice
Colorado Alliance for the Development
of
STEM-related Careers (ADSC)
Colorado ADSC
Career Path, Scholarship, Internship, & Mentoring Opportunities
Dr. Jeffrey Forrest, Colorado ADSC-Director
Chair, Aviation & Aerospace Science Department
Metropolitan State College of Denver
1250 7th St, CB-30
P.O. 173362 Denver, CO 80217-3362
303.556.4380 or forrestj@mscd.edu
Burke O. Fort, Colorado ADSC Co-Director
Director, 8th Continent Project
Center for Space
Resources
Colorado School of Mines
1310 Maple St., Golden, CO 80401
303.384.2096 or burke.fort@8cproject.com
Colorado ADSC
Colorado ADSC provides career path, scholarship, internship, and mentoring opportunities to high school and college students and members of the community desiring the skills and competencies needed to obtain jobs in STEM related industries and economic sectors.
Colorado ADSC is comprised of educational, corporate, workforce development, and non-profit organizations. Through our partner institutions, the Alliance delivers top-rate STEM assets to Colorado communities, including technical certifications, specialized training seminars, hands-on workshops, and more. We support these initiatives within a sustainable environment of industry and academic partnerships and mentoring programs that connect the targeted learning community to job readiness and post secondary education opportunities for career enhancement in STEM related industries.
Colorado ADSC leverages new and existing relationships in secondary education, higher education and industry and pursues support of the Alliance through multi-faceted funding opportunities.
The Colorado ADSC community of practice includes MSCD, CSM/8C, CCD, CCS-STEM, Adams County Education Consortium, ADWorks! .... and the list is growing! Colorado ADSC is a community open to stakeholders that share the goals of providing career paths, scholarship, internship, and mentoring opportunities in STEM related fields. (See our Colorado-ADSC overview)
If your organization has an interest in participating in the Colorado ADSC community of practice, please contact Jeffrey Forrest or Burke Fort today!
STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math
Colorado ADSC Affiliate Organizations:
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