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Symposium Aims To Bring Graduates Back To New Mexico

KUNM | By Megan Kamerick
Published December 15, 2017 at 8:08 AM MST
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Recent graduates from the Initiative For Maximizing Student Development with Margaret Werner Washburn
Courtesy of Margaret Werner Washburn
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Nancy Hurtado-Ziola, Margaret Werner Washburn and Lupe Atencio who have been working on the New Mexico Educated Workforce in STEM Symposium
Courtesy of Margaret Werner Washburn
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UNM grad Ben Sedillo-Sanchez who is now getting a PhD at the University of Wisconsin
Courtesy Margaret Werner Washburn

  New Mexico’s population growth has stagnated and much of our population outflow is made up of younger people seeking opportunities in places with better economies. A new symposium that takes place Dec. 19-21 at the University of New Mexico aims to bring back some of our brightest young people in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields (STEM) by bringing them together with potential employers who need people with their skills. On this episode we talk about how the symposium will work and why it’s important to bring these young people back to our state.

 

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Megan Kamerick
Megan has been a journalist for 25 years and worked at business weeklies in San Antonio, New Orleans and Albuquerque. She first came to KUNM as a phone volunteer on the pledge drive in 2005. That led to volunteering on Women’s Focus, Weekend Edition and the Global Music Show. She was then hired as Morning Edition host in 2015, then the All Things Considered host in 2018. Megan was hired as News Director in 2021.
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