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Students were divided into groups based on their interests and unique skills (software, microelectronics, coding, programming, etc.).  Each group’s goal was to identify a problem in their lives, environment, or society, and make a prototype to help resolve that problem.   In those five weeks, the students conceived projects, designs, and future solutions.  They received access to real-time training and technology in electronics, mechanical 3-D drawing and printing, C-programming, python, computer vision, machine learning, and MQTT protocols used throughout the internet of things.  As a result of this hands-on approach, students produced working prototypes within a short timeframe that with slight modification could be scaled commercially.

Twenty-four students were accepted into the Jumpstart Summer Program, and out of those twenty-four students, only three were young women. These women in STEM included Monica Escalante, Sushma Katta, and Abigail Zhang. At time of writing, Monica was a rising sophomore at Montgomery College. Her interests included studying complex math and science. Sushma, a rising junior from Richard Montgomery, got into STEM at a young age, learning how various gadgets worked and the many ways they could be assembled. Abigail, a rising senior from Winston Churchill High School, hopes to further her studies in the field of electrical engineering. Abigail also mentioned that growing up, she always valued STEM initiatives. As she gets older, she hopes to take more hands-on technology courses, like those offered through the UMD CPSE program.

Shulman Rogers Law Firm today reaffirms its commitment to the growth of minority-owned businesses with the launch of Year Two of its Black-Owned Business Program. The Program will provide free legal support for a year to a Black-Owned business in the D.C./Maryland/Virginia (DMV) region.

Co-chaired by two Shulman Rogers shareholders, Kimberly Mann and Michael Lichtenstein, the Program is open to any business in the DMV that is at least 51 percent Black-Owned and controlled. Applications, available HERE, must be submitted no later than November 15, 2023.

Arnold grew up in almost-rural western Massachusetts, listening to his father’s finger-style guitar and folk music. He described a love of popular music, jazz, rock, musical theatre, and Motown. Originally auditioning for The George Washington University on classical piano, he later studied the upright bass with Herman Burney Jr. In addition to his instructors, fellow students (many of whom are close friends to this day) helped him to learn to play jazz, taking him to jams and hotspots where he got his first gigs. Arnold soon became what CapitalBop described as “…one of the most versatile bassists and side musicians on the D.C. jazz scene.”

Arnold’s band Sea Change was formed in February 2018 in Washington, D.C., when he was asked to lead a band at the Göethe-Institut’s Jazz in the Basement series. His 2020 debut album as a composer, Sea Change, was a finalist for jazz album of the year at the WAMMIE Awards and was named the #4 jazz album of 2020 by local jazz blog CapitalBop. Of his bandmates (Sarah Marie Hughes/saxophone, Federico Gonzalez Pena/piano, Nelson Dougherty/electric guitar, and Keith Butler, Jr./drums), he says he’s drawn to collaborators with their own personality and style, and describes them as “really sensitive and open to feedback, none of them are in a box, you know… It’s like having a family of friends. I feel really lucky that I’ve been able to maintain those connections, so that we can say something really heartfelt.”

The creative (and slightly twisted?) minds at MHF have updated its 3 main haunted attractions for 2023:

Tickets are on sale now at www.markoffshauntedforest.com, get them before they sell out! Pricing is dynamic, and tickets get more expensive as Halloween approaches.