Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance

09/16/2026

Meet the newest member of the Nerd Herd 🤓

Amanda Fisher is joining TRSA as our Program Manager for Professional Development, Curriculum, and Resources. She spent the last five years with Outdoor Classroom, creating hands-on STEM programs for learners of all ages and working alongside schools and educators across our community.

Amanda believes the best learning happens through real-world experiences, and she'll bring that approach to the training and resources she creates for teachers.

Help us welcome Amanda in the comments.👋

09/14/2026

Fifty seats. Two Oklahoma landmarks. One experience you can't book anywhere else.

100% of proceeds benefit Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance and STEM education across Oklahoma.

🗓️ Saturday, April 10, 2027

The evening starts off with private charter transportation from Tulsa into the Osage Hills to Woolaroc, Frank Phillips' ranch retreat, for w**e and a private museum tour across a 3,700-acre wildlife preserve, generously hosted by Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve. Will Rogers called it "the most unique place in this country."

Then on to Price Tower, Frank Lloyd Wright's only realized skyscraper, now mid-restoration by the team behind The Mayo Hotel & Residences. Guests get a construction tour led by the current owners, including H.C. Price's private apartment and office, frozen in time since the 1950s.

🍷 The evening closes with a private four-course dinner and w**e pairings curated by Executive Chef Cameron Werry, generously donated by The Mayo Hotel & Residences.

$750 per guest | $1,500 per couple
Limited to 50 seats

🎟️ Pre-order your tickets: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/tulsarsap2p/store

09/10/2026

This month's STEM in a Bag kit is all about how bees use static electricity to move pollen, and whether you can engineer a hand pollinator that does the same thing.

Kits are free and available at Chandler Park, Gathering Place, LaFortune Park, Martin Regional Library, O'Brien Park, and SoCo - South County Recreation Center.

Already built one? Tell us how it went. Everyone who fills out our short feedback survey is entered to win a $25 Amazon gift card: https://airtable.com/appMwIHIQGHTSm0MO/pagCUBrlygj1sUFcS/form

09/06/2026

🚀 Who’s ready for Space Week?

Siegfried Community Night is back Tuesday, Oct. 6, from 6–8 PM at Discovery Lab!

✨ Free and open to families
🔭 Hands-on STEM activities
👨‍🚀 Astronaut chat with Commander John B. Herrington
🌎 Activities from partners across the region

Take a look at a few moments from last year’s Community Night 👇 Then tag the family or friends you’d want to bring along!

Space is limited, so don’t wait. Registration closes Oct. 2, or sooner if we reach capacity.

A special thank you to the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics for sponsoring Space Week and helping make these experiences possible for Oklahoma families! 💙🚀

👉 Learn more and sign up at TulsaSTEM.org/Space-Week

09/04/2026

🚨Volunteers needed! Sign up at suas-competition.org/volunteer

Want to be part of Tulsa's drone ecosystem? Skyway Range is hosting the RoboNation SUAS (Student Unmanned Aerial Systems) Competition this month, and they're looking for volunteers to help pull it off.

Roles range from event setup to mission support (launching and recovering vehicles) to serving as a competition judge. Most roles don't require drone experience, just a willingness to help out sometime between September 13 and 19!

Sign up at suas-competition.org/volunteer

09/04/2026

✈️ Don’t wait until Tulsa Flight Night to get your hands on this one!

Pre-order at FlightNight.TulsaSTEM.org/2026-auction-buy-in-dinner/

🏛️ A rare Oklahoma experience is coming to the Flight Night live auction.

On Saturday, April 10, 2027, journey from Tulsa into the Osage Hills for an extraordinary private experience at Woolaroc and Price Tower.

This exclusive evening includes:

🦬 Private transportation from Tulsa to Woolaroc
🍷 W**e and a private tour of Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve
🏗️ A special behind-the-scenes construction tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower
🔑 Rare access to H.C. Price’s private apartment and office, preserved as they were in the 1950s
🍽️ A private four-course dinner with w**e pairings curated by The Mayo Hotel Executive Chef Cameron Werry

This is an experience you’ll be able to bid on during the Flight Night live auction. But you don’t have to wait until September 17 to try to secure your spot.

Only 50 seats are available, and you can pre-order yours now for $750 per guest or $1,500 per couple.

Once those seats are gone, they’re gone. So if this sounds like your kind of evening, grab your tickets early!

🎟️ Pre-order now: https://flightnight.tulsastem.org/2026-auction-buy-in-dinner/

09/04/2026

Did you know? 🐝 Bees carry a static charge. As they fly, their tiny hairs pick up electricity, which helps them collect pollen, transfer it between flowers, and even sense a flower's electric field.

This month's STEM in a Bag kit asks you to do what the bee does. Design a hand pollinator, then build and test it using the Engineering Design Process.

Pick up a kit at Chandler Park, Gathering Place, LaFortune Park, Martin Regional Library, O'Brien Park, or SoCo - South County Recreation Center.

Thanks to the volunteers at CEC and Oklahoma Central Credit Union for assembling this month's kits.

09/02/2026

A vacation for you, STEM programming for thousands of Oklahoma students.

🎫 Only 200 tickets available: https://flightnight.tulsastem.org/auction-raffle/

🎟️ Have you grabbed your raffle tickets yet?

The winner picks their trip from three destinations: St. Lucia, Maui, or Italy. You don't have to be at Flight Night to win.

Only 200 tickets are available, and every dollar goes to Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance

https://flightnight.tulsastem.org/auction-raffle/

09/02/2026

Medal for Excellence nominations are now open! Help us give Oklahoma's outstanding public school educators the recognition they deserve by making a nomination today.

The categories are:
⭐ Elementary Teaching
⭐ Secondary Teaching
⭐ Elementary/Secondary Administration
⭐ Regional University/Community College Teaching
⭐ Research University Teaching

Submit your nomination: https://bit.ly/4wXAxtD

09/02/2026

🔎 Know someone who's incredibly organized and wants their work to go toward getting more Oklahoma students into STEM? Send them this.

We're hiring an Operations Coordinator at TRSA. The person who keeps everything from falling through the cracks. Calendars, records, events, and the follow-through that holds a small team together.

$40,000 to $45,000, full-time in Tulsa. Applications close September 30. Details at TulsaSTEM.org/careers