{"id":11230,"date":"2017-03-02T09:20:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T14:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starbaserobins.org\/?page_id=11230"},"modified":"2017-07-25T16:03:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T20:03:13","slug":"staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.starbaserobins.org\/staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” css=”.vc_custom_1488308564838{padding-top: 16% !important;padding-right: 15% !important;padding-bottom: 16% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}” el_class=”karma-feature-builder”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text]STARBASE Robins offers a hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S.T.E.M.) curriculum to students from local school systems as well as several area private schools. STARBASE Robins is a Department of Defense (DoD) educational program sponsored through a partnership with the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), the Museum of Aviation, and the Museum of Aviation Foundation, Inc. STARBASE Robins emphasizes the importance of goal-setting, teamwork and communication in everyday life.<\/span><\/p>\n STARBASE began in 1989, as an idea in the minds of three people.\u00a0 Barbara Koscak, a Michigan elementary school teacher; Brigadier General David Arendts (Ret.), Commander of the 127th Fighter Wing at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan; and Lieutenant Colonel Rico Racosky, an F-16 pilot and creator of dreams + action=Reality.<\/p>\n Their dream was to create a program which responded to the needs of youth through a curricula of goal setting skills and stimulating hands-on math and science activities, coupled with drug demand reduction.<\/p>\n The very first program was funded with a grant from the Kellogg Foundation, establishing a pilot program at Selfridge.\u00a0 After a year of classes, Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, responding to a letter of support from Lieutenant General John Conway, Commander of the Air National Guard, sought the additional support from Georgia Senator Sam Nunn. In the summer of 1992, Senators Levin and Nunn presented the STARBASE program to Congress for funding under the Department of Defense budget. In October of the same year, President George H. Bush signed a bill into law making funding available for the next seven years.<\/p>\n STARBASE Robins was the 18th STARBASE to begin operations with its inaugural classes in 1996.\u00a0 It is one of numerous civil-military cooperation initiatives approved by Major General Robert A. McIntosh, United States Air Force, Chief of Air Force Reserve.<\/p>\n Since its beginning, STARBASE Robins has graduated over 17,500 students from its programs, including the school year program and summer academies.\u00a0 STARBASE Robins produced its first ever Robotics Academy in July of 2003.\u00a0 Training in STEM has also been done through summer Teacher Academies.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” css=”.vc_custom_1488308564838{padding-top: 16% !important;padding-right: 15% !important;padding-bottom: 16% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}” el_class=”karma-feature-builder”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text]STARBASE Robins offers a hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S.T.E.M.) curriculum to students from local school systems as well as several area private schools. STARBASE Robins is a Department of Defense (DoD) educational program sponsored through a partnership […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-page-builder.php","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starbaserobins.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starbaserobins.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starbaserobins.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starbaserobins.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starbaserobins.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11230"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.starbaserobins.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11408,"href":"https:\/\/www.starbaserobins.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11230\/revisions\/11408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starbaserobins.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Our Mission<\/h3>\n
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History of STARBASE<\/h3>\n
Accomplishments<\/h3>\n
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