{"id":14833,"date":"2025-06-23T12:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T16:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.umaine.edu\/risecenter\/?page_id=14833"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:31:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:31:03","slug":"maine-stem-partnership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/risecenter\/maine-stem-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine STEM Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id14833_da8693-a8{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.kb-row-layout-id14833_da8693-a8 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id14833_da8693-a8 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id14833_da8693-a8 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:0px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:40px;padding-right:60px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-left:60px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 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.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading14833_3f799e-16[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading14833_3f799e-16\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading14833_3f799e-16 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading14833_3f799e-16[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading14833_3f799e-16\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading14833_3f799e-16 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading14833_3f799e-16[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading14833_3f799e-16\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading14833_3f799e-16 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading14833_3f799e-16\">Maine STEM Partnership<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission of the Maine STEM Partnership is to build and sustain a diverse, statewide community that strengthens PK-16+ STEM education by promoting rich, research-supported classroom experiences that deepen learning and engage all students. 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