“Grand Hank” (aka Tyraine Ragsdale), a 30-year resident of Glenside and a promoter of large STEM events for youth nationwide, is planning to open a 10,000 sf Grand Hank STEM Center in Germantown on July 12.
Ragsdale is renovating an abandoned two-story building at 501 Armstrong Street.
According to a press release on GrandHank.com, the facility will provide K-12 students with the opportunity to “do hands-on STEM related projects to improve their overall performance in this area” and “produce television and video related content to assist students in understanding STEM.”
It will also
- Provide presentation and creative space to fuel innovation and science literacy.
- Serve as a job-readiness training center to build a pipeline of highly qualified STEM workers.
- Provide full-time and part-time employment, research opportunities and internships for students from the community and surrounding educational institutions
“Nobody’s coming to save us. We have to unify and save ourselves by investing collectively in the future of our children and communities,” Ragsdale said in a post.
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Image: ghstemcenter.com