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Dr. Loretta Tokoly, STEM program coordinator, poses with students in front of a model of the Hubble Space Telescope during their visit to Goddard Space Flight Center. of life will suffer," says the STEM Education Coalition's Brown. – both large and small – is for people who are technically "The people who support this coalition believe that STEM competent," says Patty Keeton, HCC executive director of education is a key component in U.S. competitiveness and the workforce development. "HCC is providing the community global economy," reports Brown. "It has always been important with STEM education opportunities that will contribute to and to have bright young minds enter fields that make the economy support the local workforce and boost the local economy." succeed. Once, this meant agriculture and manufacturing, and today it includes software design and chemistry. Well-trained people are the essential element to the discoveries in science and the innovations in technology that improve peoples' lives." Technology is an ever-changing component of our lives and educational processes. Tip of the Iceberg "Engineers today have new challenges. They must be prepared for a global economy and work with people from different cultures. Technology allows them to use resources around the world," says Mary Cannon, chief operating officer of the Allen "The biggest demand from the government agencies that & Shariff Corporation, an international design engineering firm influence our local economy, as well as from local businesses headquartered in Columbia, Maryland. "They must also work Howard Community College Spring 2011 | Pathways 5