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McComb Public LibrarySabrina Sue Loves the Moon | Kids Read AlongJoin Ms. Sarah in story-time as she reads "Sabrina Sue Loves the Moon" where we dream to one day go to the MOON! As always this book was selected from our library! Kids and Parents can read along with us, in this read aloud story time! Be sure to check out your local Library to check out what books they may have!
Original background track is Concerto for Two Violins by Bach.
Alterations were made by us to make it fit the length of our content.
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STEM Lab PodcastRemix: Revisit Holiday Mental Health with LuSharn ColvinLast year Our Resident Nurse LuSharn Colvin shared with us tips to take care of our mental health during the holidays, The episode was such a success we decided to release it again and remind everyone that taking care of ones mental health is important especially during the holidays. Hope you enjoy this episode once again. Look to hear us in 2023 as we start our Season 3.
Happy Holidays,
Dr. Walthall &
the STEM Lab Podcast!!
2022-12-0945 minSTEM Lab PodcastEpisode 25: Back to School Mental Health with Dr. Nadia BarnettDr. Barnett shares with us tips and strategies for both sides of the classroom to deal with our mental health as we return to school fully this Fall.
Dr. Nadia Glover Barnett an Assistant Professor of Human Services at Mercer University. Dr. Barnett earned her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision along with her M.S. in Community Counseling at Mercer University and her B.S. in psychology from Howard University. She has been teaching in higher education for fifteen years and possesses nearly sixteen years of clinical experience in the areas of adult inpatient care, o...2022-08-3144 min
STEM Lab PodcastEpisode 23: Alzheimer Researcher and Advocate, Dr. Amy NelsonDr. Amy Nelson is a neurobiologist studying Alzheimer's disease in her lab at the University of South Alabama in the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology. Dr. Nelson received her B.S. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) majoring in Biology and minoring in Chemistry. She went on to receive her Masters in Biology and Ph.D.in Neurobiology from UAB as well. She continued her post doctoral training at the University of Southern California where she received the Best Data Blitz Presentation, 2018 Trainee Professional Development Award, and a NIH-NIA K99 Pathway to Independence Fellowship.
...2022-06-3037 minSTEM Lab PodcastEpisode 24: Scattered: A Caregiver's Journey for Dementia and Alzheimer'sMichelle Sumrall was born in Columbus, Georgia and now resides in Macon, Georgia with her daughter Aleisha. She attended the University of Georgia and Columbus State University, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science degree. She furthered her education at Troy University, where she obtained a Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology, with an emphasis in Clinical Mental Health. Michelle has spent over thirty years working in corporate America, primarily in Human Resources. Michelle is a Certified Life Coach, and the Founder, CEO and Chief Journey Coach of TLC – Total Life Coaching, L.L.C.
In Sc...2022-06-3039 minSTEM Lab PodcastEpisode 22: Excellence in Biomedical EngineeringDr. Adrienne Madison a native of Fairfield, Alabama. She is currently the Chief of the Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention and Protection Team at the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory in Fort Rucker, Alabama.. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Dr. Madison holds the honorable distinction of being the first graduate from University of Georgia's newly established College of Engineering in 2013, where she earned her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Biological and Agricultural Engineering. Not only is she dynamic in her c...2022-04-301h 12STEM Lab PodcastEpisode 21: Mental Health Report 2022 w/ LuSharn Colvin, R.N.We begin another year with our quarterly report from Nurse LuLu's corner. LuSharn Colvin, a Registered Nurse specializing in Mental Health talks candidly with the STEM Lab Podcast about the 2022 Mental Health in America Report. Let's go!2022-03-3144 minSTEM Lab PodcastEpisode 20: STEM so Sweet with Cake Artist, Shayla Barnes HollowayShayla Barnes-Holloway is a self-proclaimed cake snob, obsessed with all things sweet, beautiful and delicious. Shayla left her demanding career in the education and stumbled upon the world of cake artistry and the rest is history.
She is now the owner and lead cake artist of The Buttercreamery Sweets Boutique, a custom cake and confection studio located in sunny Mobile, AL.
Shayla has taken her cake artistry to the next level and developed a series of baking classes for children that incorporate Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM). You are definitely in for sweet t...2022-02-1451 minSTEM Lab PodcastEpisode 19: Double Dipping STEM: MD & PhDThis episode highlights two special guest, Dr. Moore-Smith and Dr. Adams-Szafran, both who have obtained their MD and PhD degree. In this episode they share with our audience their decision to pursue both degrees, their support of one another, and the challenges they face double dipping in STEM. This episode is dripping in gems and "sister science" excellence.2022-01-2948 minSTEM Lab Podcast2021 Special Holiday Episode 18- Managing Mental Health During the HolidaysWhether you need help managing your mental health during the holidays because of upcoming parties, shopping for presents or preparing large meals for loved ones, LuSharn Covin, R.N. shares with us tips and strategies to make your holiday season more enjoyable.
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STEM Lab PodcastEpisode 17: COVID: What Happened? with C & AAn Upward Bound Summer Creation2021-06-2516 min
STEM Lab PodcastEpisode 16: Random COVID Musings with the Unbothered KrewAn Upward Bound Summer Creation2021-06-2509 min
STEM Lab PodcastEpisode 13: Women in STEM Celebration FB LiveIn celebration of Women's History Month, a panel of women who 30 years ago embarked on their STEM journey at the Alabama School of Math and Science, share their successes and challenges as women on their STEM journey. Join us for an amazing evening of memories, good conversation surrounding STEM, and sharing of wisdom with future STEM-inist.2021-06-241h 55
STEM Lab PodcastEpisode 15: Nylah & Niya COVID-19 LifestyleAn Upward Bound Summer Creation2021-06-2412 min
STEM Lab PodcastEpisode 14: Trials and Tribulations of COVID-19 with Dip & ZipAnother Upward Bound Summer Creation,2021-06-2418 minSTEM Lab PodcastEp.12- Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity In STEM w/ Dr. Ansley BookerAnsley Booker is a native of Eatonton, Georgia. She attended Georgia Southern University and earned a bachelor’s in biology with a minor in chemistry. In 2007, she was selected for the Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Program. She earned a master’s degree from the University of Georgia in pharmacy with certificates in Clinical Trials and Regulatory Affairs.
In 2016, she was named to Georgia Southern University’s 40 under 40 as well as awarded the STAR Award by Mercer University.
Dr. Booker earned her doctorate degree from Mercer University in the Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership program...2021-02-121h 09STEM Lab PodcastEpisode 11: The State of Mental Health 2021 with Lusharn Colvin, R.N.We begin the new year with our quarterly report from Nurse LuLu's corner. LuSharn Colvin, a Registered Nurse specializing in Mental Health talks candidly with the STEM Lab Podcast about the 2021 Mental Health in America Report. She believes the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our mental health and we should refocus and center ourselves in 2021. Takeaway: If you have a workout plan for 2021 you also need a mental health plan. Let's go!2021-01-1539 minSTEM Lab PodcastGiving Episode 10: Real IMPACT Center with Dr. Ansley Booker, Board MemberReal I.M.P.A.C.T Center, Inc.'s mission is to provide the youth with support in academics and prevention services in order to develop Intelligent and Motivated People to Actively Change the Times through a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and literacy focus. We are doing our part to help inspire youth girls to excel in life through exposure to STEM. We thrive to encourage girls to explore STEM careers. Our goal is to increase the number of girls/women pursuing a STEM lifestyle and create a network that help women in STEM thrive with c...2020-11-2529 minSTEM Lab PodcastGiving Episode 9: Play like A Girl with Dr. Kimberly ClayPlay Like a Girl started as a means to fight poor nutrition and lack of physical activity for girls. But in 2014, ESPN recognized Dr. Clay for the work her organization did through a tennis program. That was when she acknowledged her work as a sports organization. In summer 2019, she announced the program’s expansion to include girls-only STEM clubs and lunch-hour mentoring circles in local schools, industry-led STEM tours or Corporate Field Trips and STEM Saturday makerspace workshops where girls get to ideate, create and test the engineering design process. The demand for programming continues to grow every year, wi...2020-11-2431 minSTEM Lab PodcastGiving Episode 8: Lab Rascals with Tondalaya TakapuLab Rascals is the #1 diverse e-learning community, inviting all children to explore the wonder of learning in a live virtual classroom. Each e-lab is bustling with little learners from more than seven different nationalities! Right now, less than 8% of America’s highest-paid scientists, techies, engineers, and mathematicians are people of color. So we need you to join us in building the next exceedingly diverse generation go STEM professionals! Becoming a Lab Rascal makes your child a major part of this exciting solution.
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...2020-11-2438 minSTEM Lab PodcastEpisode 7: The New STEM BluePrint- Dr. Aisha DickersonDr. Dickerson is an environmental neuroepidemiologist with primary research interests in environmental risk factors for neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. Specifically, she studies combined environmental and occupational exposures to metals over the life course and subsequent individual and transgenerational neurological outcomes, including autism spectrum disorder, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and dementia. Additionally, she continues to investigate the influence of disparities in autism assessment and service provision along with environmental justice issues in underserved communities.2020-11-0854 minSTEM Lab PodcastEpisode 6: Let me reintroduce myself, Dr. Sabrina WalthallDr. Sabrina Walthall takes time to reintroduce herself to her listeners new and old. Dr. Walthall is currently an Associate Professor of Science and the Pre-Health/Science Coordinator for her department. In this segment she talks about her journey in the STEM pipeline, dealing with impostor syndrome and being a first generational college student. We learn more about why she started the STEM Lab podcast and how she views herself as a STEM activist for the equity and inclusion of women and minorities in STEM.2020-09-1842 minSTEM Lab PodcastEpisode 5: Navigating the Engineering Landscape - Letitia M. Ward, Mechanical EngineerLetitia M. Ward received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Engineering Construction Management both from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her career is multifaceted starting as a Project Engineer with U.S. Steel, creating her own company L. McMullin LLC, and currently working as a CBM Team Leader for Georgia Power. Letitia talks with us about finding your way in a male-dominated field, she encourages young women to find their voice and shares with professionals her strategies for successful networking as an introvert. This episode has so many gems of wisdom for all s...2020-07-1757 minSTEM Lab PodcastEpisode 4: Hypertension Research- Dr. Chastity Bradford, Associate Professor of Biology, Tuskegee UniversityDr. Chastity Bradford completed her undergraduate studies at Spelman College (an HBCU) earning a B.S. in Biology. While there she was a Microbiology Scholar, received a Howard Hughes Fellowship (Loyola University, Chicago, IL), and made Spelman College’s Honor Society as well as the Dean’s List. Chastity started her graduate studies in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Her research area focused on Cardiovascular Physiology in Dr. Pamela A. Lucchesi's Lab. Her dissertation work focused on The Role of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Extracellular Matrix Remodeling During the Progress...2020-06-0451 minSTEM Lab PodcastEpisode 3: Surviving COVID-19 w/ LuSharn Colvin, RNLusharn Colvin is a native of Bessemer, AL. and during her childhood years, she was a dedicated student at the top of her class through high school. Lusharn was accepted to the University of Alabama and graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering. She has worked as a Quality Engineer for Johnson and Johnson Consumer Products, a pharmaceutical sales rep for Janseen Pharmaceuticals and Merck and Co for 12 years. Lusharn left her corporate job of over 12 years and decided to attend nursing school full time. In 2017, Lusharn graduated from Middlesex County College with an Associate’s de...2020-05-0625 minSTEM Lab Podcastmini-Episode 2: COVID-19 Highlights w/ Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesKizzmekia "Kizzy" Shanta Corbett (born January 26, 1986) is an American viral immunologist at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIAID NIH) based in Bethesda, Maryland. Appointed to the VRC in 2014, she is currently the scientific lead of the VRC's Coronavirus Team, with research efforts aimed at propelling novel coronavirus vaccines, including a COVID-19 vaccine.- Wikipedia
Media soundbite from NIAID: Kizzmekia Corbett, Ph.D., of NIAID's Vaccine Research Center discusses efforts to develop a vaccine against the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV) that causes...2020-05-0606 minSTEM Lab PodcastEpisode 1: HBCU to Senior Scientist- Dr. Betty Booker,Betty M Booker completed her undergraduate studies at Grambling State University (an HBCU) in 2003, earning a B.S. in Biology while completing three internships with the USDA, Thomas Jefferson University (Kimmel Cancer Center), and Johns Hopkins University (Bayview Medical Center). In 2010, Betty started her graduate studies in Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) (in Dr. Patrick Higgins Lab). Her dissertation work focused on DNA structure and topology during replication and analysis of topoisomerases and chromosome structure in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium using Lambda Red Recombineering.
Currently, Dr. Booker is a Senior...2020-04-0146 min