IBX STEM Center receives $180,000 grant
Published 3:51 pm Friday, November 25, 2022
Alvin Powell, right with event coordinator Melissa Jarvis. Jarvis is a branch manager at First Bank in Belhaven. Powell extended thanks to Jarvis, Kelly Reynolds who was the emcee on Saturday night and Gary Robitaille who is the treasurer for Inner Banks STEM Center. Photo by Holly Morgan
Alfred Mays, chief strategist and diversity officer for Burroughs Wellcome Fund presented a check worth $180,000 to Alvin Powell, president of the Inner Banks STEM Center. The check will sustain a renewable energy program at the center for three years. Photo courtesy of Alvin Powell
Photo courtesy of Alvin Powell
Inner Banks STEM Center volunteers from left to right starting on the back row: Jessica Williams, Julian Cameron, Alex Ferro, Ariel Lineberger, Grace Jacobson. Front Row: Barbara Harrison, Peter Johnson and Maudie Powell. Photo by Holly Morgan.
Performing at the gala fundraiser were Ruffin Keys, Jr. and Train Wreck band. Guest Emcee was Milton Bulluck, a former member of the Platters. Photo by Holly Morgan
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The Inner Banks STEM Center received a grant for $180,000 from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund at their annual gala fundraiser event on Saturday, Nov. 19.
According to Al Powell, president of the Inner Banks STEM Center, the grant will help fund a program called “Renewable Energy Sources Using Artificial Intelligence” for three years. Partners with Inner Banks STEM to provide the program will be NASA, ECU School of Engineering and North Carolina A&T State University School of Environmental Science.
Alfred Mays, Chief Strategist and Diversity Officer at the Burroughs Wellcome Fund presented the check to Powell. Part of the Fund’s work includes donating to nonprofit organizations like Inner Banks STEM Center that create a desire in young people to pursue careers in a science related field. “believes that a diverse scientific workforce is essential to the process and advancement of research innovation, academic discovery, and public service,” the Fund’s website reads.
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