Two instructors from the Meridian Technology Center STEM Academy have been recognized as a Project Lead the Way(PLTW) Outstanding Teacher. Stephanie Hara, Biomedical Sciences instructor, and Mark Thomas, Pre-Engineering instructor, were among the more than 40 educators from across the nation recognized for their commitment to empowering students in PLTW programs. They will be recognized […]

Your company’s brand is one of the most critical factors for its ultimate success. It’s the culmination of the organization’s identity, packaged and presented in a way that’s pleasing, familiar and attractive to prospective and recurring customers. Companies aren’t alone in their need for solid branding. Personal branding, the art of building a unique brand […]

In college, I was trained and retrained in the art of résumé writing. From sophomore to senior year, classes and seminars were focused on helping us find jobs after graduation, and yet no two teachers taught this skill the same way. When I asked my relatives who worked as executives and HR reps, I also […]

It took Tanes Rianglaem nearly 24 hours to fly from Bangkok, Thailand, to Stillwater, Oklahoma, and less than two hours at the Meridian Technology Center for Business Development to identify ways to improve his country’s emphasis on entrepreneurship and vocational education. Rianglaem, an educator from the Office of Vocational Education Commission with Thailand’s Ministry of […]

Perkins-Tryon High School students are finding success both in the classroom and on the field. Caden Williams, Gage Allen and Zach Frazier are balancing a full schedule that includes high school, the Pre-engineering program at Meridian and playing on the Perkins-Tryon football team. At Meridian Technology Center on a Friday game day, the trio was […]

  For me, goal setting is often more discouraging than motivating. I always get excited when I think about all I want to accomplish, but then when it gets down to it, my excitement never seems to carry into the day-to-day struggle to get it all done. And from looking at the countless goal setting […]