Presentations

Slide and Video Presentations:

• Building Connections to Grow Capacity: Breaking Down Regional Barriers in the STEM Workforce Pipeline

• Discussing Barriers for Undergraduate Students to Participate in Research Experiences

• Exploring and Analyzing Statewide Higher Education Data

• First2 Network Change Idea Experience: WVU STEM Movie Night

• First Ascent West Virginia: Work Anywhere. Choose Home.

• Generational Diversity and Labor Market Trends in WV

• Increasing STEM Belonging and Building Social Capital for Faculty for Student Success

• Jobs & Hope WV: Empowering West Virginians for a Brighter Future

• Learnings from First2’s Improvement Science Ticket System and Tracker

• Pipelines, Pathways, and Potential: Workforce Development as a Positive Force for Thriving People and Communities in Appalachia

• Supplementing STEM Career Mentoring Through Biweekly Opportunity Emails

• Supplementing STEM Career Mentoring Through Biweekly Opportunity Emails (Video Presentation)

• TRUE ACCCESS and the First2 Network: Building and Sustaining Higher Education Collaboration Across States

• Unlocking Potential, Power, and Purpose in Your Workforce

• You Belong in STEM! Video Project

Handouts, Speeches, and Articles:

• Coalfield Development One-Pager

• Coalfield Development Empowered Employer Network One-Pager

• Coalfield Development Workforce Development Model One-Pager

• Commencement Speech by Brandon Brooks-Patton, TRUE ACCCESS Fellow, NKU ’25

• Increasing Undergraduate Retention in Appalachia through a Mentored Undergraduate Research Experience

• Speech by Hub Cafe Service Intern Van Preston

• WV Jobs Network One-Pager

• WV Jobs Network Power Skills One-Pager

• WV Jobs Network Good Workplaces One-Pager