An issue that nearly all parents, students, and professionals contend with is trying to determine what kinds of jobs are going to be available in the future, and of those jobs which are going to promise a rewarding career. Regardless of how that notion of reward is determined by different groups of people, it is one of the most frequently researched and appraised topics in the Unites States. It governs policy decisions, market trends, private and governmental spending, and education.

Where to begin? So much has happened over the last eight weeks that it seems like much longer since we last checked in.The successful completion of our summer conferences, the recruitment of new student ambassadors, and the planning of new innovative programs has kept WCTD very busy, while promising great things for the future. Each day WCTD makes new partnerships, new relationships, and meets more and more students that want to know what their future is going to look like. We have a very busy few months ahead of us, but lets take a look at the past few months first. 

We Connect the Dots recently funded a trip for one of our first ever Student Ambassadors, Caeley Looney, to attend the Inside 3D Printing Conference at the Javit's Center in NYC this past April. Hosted by Meckler Media, the I3D Print Conference was a gathering of the most innovative companies and individuals in the emerging world of 3D printing technology, and because our students has such a passion for the industry as a whole, her ask was for WCTD to fund her trip to the city to see it all happen.

We Connect The Dots, Inc. delivered their annual Discovery Day at the NYC Microsoft Time Square location on March 31, 2015.  Over 150 students and teachers from the surrounding NY Metro area attended the daylong program.  A unique and exciting experience, Discovery Day is not only a chance for students and professionals to learn from one another, it is also entirely coordinated by student volunteers from the WCTD leadership development program with assistance from the WCTD staff. Volunteers such as Think Productivity CEO, Laurie Carey support the 501(c)(3) not for profit organization’s mission to empower students by teaching 21st workforce skills and bringing awareness to the many career opportunities across STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math.  

As we wrap up the year and look ahead to 2015, we have another amazing year planned for our community. Our team has been hard at work collaborating and getting creative to broaden our reach and introduce new experiential learning programs. This past year WCTD delivered over ten programs both online and in person, impacting over five hundred students across the nation.  

New York, NY – December 8, 2014 – We Connect The Dots (WCTD), a non-profit supporting the advancement of STEAM careers, today announced that Felicia C. Guity PhD., GM Worldwide Channel Marketing at Microsoft, has joined its Board of Directors.