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MentorNet
MentorNet is the award-winning national e-mentoring network that addresses the retention and success of those in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The program has been especially effective for women by providing real-world access to professional networks often unavailable to them in the male-dominated fields of science and engineering.

Partnering with a range of professionals from the STEM and healthcare fields, MEDB's Women in Technology recruits new student proteges across the ten-campus University of Hawaii system to participate in MentorNet's Web-based program.

Proteges are matched in one-on-one e-mentoring relationships, usually through email -- with mentors who have professional work experience. MentorNet provides the training, coaching and ongoing support to foster meaningful matches.

Currently, over 155 local students, post-docs, junior faculty, and alumni are members of the MentorNet community.

Hawaii campuses participating in MentorNet include:

Hawaii Community College
Honolulu Community College
Kapiolani Community College
Kauai Community College
Leeward Community College
Maui Community College
University of Hawaii-Hilo
University of Hawaii-Manoa
University of Hawaii-West Oahu
Windward Community College

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Our Programs

AGRICULTURE EDUCATION
Agriculture in Maui County today involves much more than planting and harvesting. The Women in Technology project, in partnership with the Maui County Farm Bureau, offers a series of highly- touted workshops to educate teachers, as well as students, on the many ways science and technology is integrated throughout our "new" agriculture.

EXCITE CAMP
The primary goal of Excite Camp is to excite, educate as well as expose middle school students to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers.

GEOTECH
GeoTech is a statewide initiative to integrate into K12 education the use of Geospatial Technology: Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and Remote Sensing.

INTRODUCE A GIRL TO ENGINEERING DAY
IGED is held in conjunction with National Engineering Week in February to increase interest in engineering among girls and raise awareness of the contributions engineers make to the community.

ISLAND ENERGY INQUIRY
A timely workshop series that originated on Maui, Island Energy Inquiry has become ts the first statewide energy education program that engages students in solving current energy issues in Hawaii while using cutting edge materials and technologies to implement scientific inquiry and engineering design processes.

KAMA'AINA COME HOME
Kama‘aina Come Home™ is a job placement program and is trademarked by and used with permission from the Hawaii Island Economic Development Board. This initiative is a collaboration between Maui Economic Development Board and Ka`amaina Careers (a Hawaii job referral company based on the West Coast).

KE ALAHELE PROGRAM
In 2006, the Maui Economic Development Board established the Ke Alahele Education Fund in Maui County to strengthen the education to workforce pipeline in the STEM fields.

MENTORNET
MentorNet is the award-winning national e-mentoring network that addresses the retention and success of those in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

ROBOTICS HAWAII
Women in Technology sponsors the RoboticsHawaii project to support many scholastic robotics programs throughout the state. The goal is to motivate students toward STEM careers by capturing and sustaining their interest in robotics at an early age.

TECH CAREERS DAY
The two-day sessions are designed to introduce and motivate students toward careers in STEM.

TECH JOB FAIR
The High Tech Maui Holiday Job Fair is held annually in December, at the Maui Research and Tech Park in Kihei.

Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.
1305 North Holopono Street, Suite 1
Kihei, HI 96753
Phone: 1-808-875-2340
Fax: 1-808-879-0011

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