An important part of the GEAR Up 4 STEM Institute is to expose students to STEM careers through curriculum tied to STEM careers and meeting with community partners. The community partners work in local STEM industry and share details about their careers with the students. Over the course of the four weeks of camp, the students work through a STEM challenge that the community partner faces in their career field. 

Due to the current circumstance, the students had to meet with the partners virtually and we want to thank the partners for being creative, flexible, and willing to speak with the students. The community partners for the 2020-2021 school year are:

• Covenant Health 
• Great Smoky Mountain National Park Service 
•  Innovative Design Inc
• Johnson Architecture 
• Radio Systems Corporation
• Regal 
• Storage Pug 
• Tennessee Valley Authority 
• Zoo Knoxville