UNeTech Institute is pleased to announce the fellows accepted into the second year of Opportunity Corps: Women in STEAM and the first year of Opportunity Corps: Bell-Jewell, our ten-month programs to teach community members about entrepreneurship using both I-Corps inspired curriculum and mentorship.
Opportunity Corps: Women in STEAM, in its second year, is a partnership with Bio Nebraska, and offers women or femme-identifying people in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) fields the chance at a ten-month fellowship and $500 stipend for completion. Program leaders include Sasha Forsen, Jace Gatzemeyer, Jenny Pool, and Stephanie Kidd. Mentors for this program include: Agnes Lenagh, Amanda Wilson, Haley Haas, Itzel Lopez, and Shannon Lang.
The Opportunity Corps: Women in STEAM cohort is pictured at the first session in February held at the University of Nebraska Omaha Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center. The photo features the fellows, mentors, leadership team and keynote speaker Ameshia Doll-Weier.
Opportunity Corps: Women in STEAM leadership team Stephanie Kidd, Jenny Pool, and Sasha Forsen
Opportunity Corps: Women in STEAM is a joint venture between the UNeTech Institute and Bio Nebraska.
Opportunity Corps: Women in STEAM, in its second year, is a partnership with Bio Nebraska, and offers women or femme-identifying people in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) fields the chance at a ten-month fellowship and $500 stipend for completion. Program leaders include Sasha Forsen, Jace Gatzemeyer, Jenny Pool, and Stephanie Kidd. Mentors for this program include: Agnes Lenagh, Amanda Wilson, Haley Haas, Itzel Lopez, and Shannon Lang.
Fellows for Women in STEAM include:
Amanda Rose Jones
Adonna Bryant
Alejandra Valdez
Alia Cecil
Amanda Martinez
Amber Schuster
Anjeza Erickson
Camille Keaulana
Jamie Schneider
Jessica Yopak
Jing Li
Joey Hartshorn
Jordan LaRue
Joy Marshall
Laura K. Smoyer
Mitzi Infante Magana
Nidhi Dwivedi
Paige Nola
Sadie Allen
Sakshi Khairnar
Sama Mehta
Sheila Fields
Tiffany Gamble
Yuki Weinberg
Opportunity Corps: Bell-Jewell, in its inaugural year, is a partnership with Nebraska Enterprise Fund and Collective Futures Design Lab, and offers Black and African American people with an interest in entrepreneurship the chance at a ten-month fellowship and $500 stipend for completion. Program leaders include Jamel Hamilton, Katherine MacHolmes, and the UNeTech staff. Mentors for this program include: Angel Starks, Keith Station, Kerron Stark, Shonna Dorsey, and Winsley Durand.
Fellows for Bell-Jewell include:
Alicia Amedee
Alisa Moore
Ami Polite
Brittany Hyde
Constance Jones
Danitalynn (Ms. Dee) Almonte
Darrin Suttles
Doriette L Jordan
Gladys Harrison
Joy Kathurima
Justin Powell
Justin Tyree
Khe’Yana Overstreet
Mynesha Spencer
Nature Medicine Song Villegas
Rebecca Wilshusen, Ph.D.
Shontavia Brown
Tiffany Sessions
*The first session of Opportunity Corps Bell-Jewell was canceled due to inclement weather. We look forward to sharing photos with you after Session Two is held in March.*
We are very pleased to continue our Opportunity Corps programming in 2023, and we are grateful to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for their continued support in funding our program.
The Opportunity Corps: Bell-Jewell is a collaboration between the UNeTech Institute, Nebraska Enterprise Fund, and Collective Futures Design Fund.
