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The Closing the Gap podcast highlights professional women who are working in STEM & Trades fields. This way, girls can see local women who are working in these careers and can consider these careers for themselves. Closing the Gap is a project of the Mid-Valley STEM-CTE Hub, based in Albany, OR. Learn more about us at www.midvalleystem.org
Episodes

Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Sara Lipow - Tree Geneticist
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Tree breeding specialist, Sara Lipow, is a scientist working for Roseburg Forest Products in Oregon. Her main duties include tasks that help the next generation of douglas fir trees planted in western Oregon better withstand the effects of climate change.
Visit us at www.midvalleystem.org/closing-the-gap
Music by: Bosnow

Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Katherine Edmonds - Woodworking
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Woodworker, educator, and Co-Owner of Highland Woodshop in Corvallis, Katherine Edmonds is a person who has worn many hats in her winding and eclectic career. Join us in listening to this episode of Closing the Gap.
Learn more at www.midvalleystem.org
Music by: Bosnow

Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Dani Raiche - Head Brewer at Calapooia Brewing
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Did you know there are over 280 craft breweries in Oregon?
That's a lot of beer!
Craft brewing is a booming industry in the Pacific Northwest with a job market that is looking for workers. If your students are interested in hands-on, physical careers but also what a position where they can be creative, a job in a craft brewery may be for them.
Visit us at www.midvalleystem.org
#STEM #Beer #craftbrewing
music by: Bosnow

Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Margaret Landis - Research Scientist
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Welcome back listeners, STEMinists, and friends to the Season 4 premiere of Closing the Gap.
This first episode has us back on Zoom as we are talking with a Research Scientist from UC Boulder and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), Margaret Landis (she/her). Join us as we learn about pursuing a career in scientific research and how the word ‘scientist’ is inherently feminine.
Music by: Bosnow

Thursday May 11, 2023
Francis Tice - Closing the Gap
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
“School gives you a complete understanding and encourages you to build the mechanical skills needed to be successful,” said Francis Tice, instructional assistant with LBCC’s Heavy Equipment Diesel program.
Join us for our latest installment (and last episode of season 3) of our Women in STEAM podcast, Closing the Gap. Our guest speaker, Francis Tice, talks about the struggles of getting her foot in the door as a technician in the automotive and HED industries and eventually landing a dream job.
Learn more about Francis here: https://www.midvalleystem.org/2023/05/10/francis-tice-closing-the-gap/
We will be back in the fall with season 4 of Closing the Gap. In the meantime catch up on our previous episodes. https://open.spotify.com/show/7xGDhO4HpnuJmDFNePYQkt?si=5972d51b119b4ca1
Until next time, keep progressing.
#STEMOregon #willamettevalley #mechanic #automotive #diesel

Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Girls’ Empowerment, Engineering, and Outreach - Closing the Gap
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
On this episode of Closing the Gap we have Claire Coxen and Kate Williams from the OSU student organization GEEO. GEEO or Girls' Empowerment, Engineering, and Outreach works with students and classrooms in the Benton County area to help demystify and empower students to pursue a STEM-rich education. Join us and find out what they've been up to.
Get in touch with GEEO
- Email: geeostudentclub@gmail.com
- Instagram: @geeo_club
Visit the Mid-Valley STEM-CTE Hub at www.midvalleystem.org.

Friday Mar 17, 2023
Bilingual Translator, Patricia Martinez - Closing the Gap
Friday Mar 17, 2023
Friday Mar 17, 2023
Welcome back to Closing the Gap!
Tune in today; we are talking to a bilingual translator, Patricia Martinez. Patricia was an architect and designer in her birth country, Peru. She switched careers after moving to the United States, becoming a Spanish translator. Patricia has been a huge help to us at Mid-Valley STEM-CTE Hub as we've been translating our website, newsletters, and social media.
Patricia gives great insights into what it's like being a parent to a student in a country where you are new to the language and why high-quality translations are not only inclusive, they are necessary.
Visit us at www.midvalleystem.org
music by Bosnow - provided by Uppbeat.

Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Director of Oregon STEM, Deb Mumm-Hill - Closing the Gap
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Is a STEAM-rich education relevant to you in your career path? Listen to this episode with Deb Mumm-Hill, Director of Oregon STEM, and consider putting more focus on STEM topics in your education and professional development.
Deb explains what the STEM Hub network in Oregon addresses and accomplishes, as well as how STEM skills are growing in importance as our society advances and evolves with technology.
To learn more about Mid-Valley STEM-CTE Hub, the STEM hub serving Linn and Benton counties in Oregon, visit our website at www.midvalleystem.org.
We are also on Twitter and TikTok @MidValleySTEM and Instagram @mvstemcte. You can also find the Mid-Valley STEM-CTE Hub on LinkedIn.

Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Closing the Gap - Demetriah Webster
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
What standards of social responsibility are corporations held to?
On our latest episode of our Women in STEM podcast, Closing the Gap, Demetriah Webster joins us to talk about corporate social responsibility standards. That’s not all though, Demetriah is a trained engineer who had a career in aerospace before taking on her latest role. We’ll get into how getting a solid STEAM education can build skills that can be applied to many different career fields.
Visit us at www.midvalleystem.org
Music by Bosnow

Monday Jan 02, 2023
Closing the Gap - Yuliya Dennis
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Have you ever wondered why the experience of an internship is so important to career development?
If you have, listen to this episode. Yuliya Dennis, the Executive Director of MECOP, joins us on the show to talk about exactly why people should participate in internships. There are many benefits to working as an intern; maybe the most valuable is that students can really maximize their time in college when getting the experience that will help them make educated decisions on how to proceed with their career development.
Visit us online at : www.midvalleystem.org.
Music by: Bosnow