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Members of Team Marvel prepare for their capstone presentation.

Karen Schwartz, Through Our Eyes, explains an idea.

Yvonne Reeder and Tandy Taylor, The Bike Hubbers, enjoy a happy moment before the presentations begin.

Benny Walker gets the program started.

Leesa Owens (Riley Fellow, Upstate Class VIII)

Tish McCutchen begins Team Marvel's presentation.

Catriona Carlisle, Team Marvel

Brett Gaffney and Catherine Adams speak as guests of Team Marvel.

Nestor Acosta, Team Marvel

Matteel Jones, Team Marvel

Caroline Van Hook, Team Marvel, answers a question from the group.

Nancy Halverson, Through Our Eyes, makes a suggestion.

Juan Johnson, DLI facilitator

Barbara Martin begins the presentation for STEM in Motion.

The Bike Hubbers participate in a STEM activity created by the STEM in Motion team.

Through Our Eyes gives the STEM activity a shot.

Team Marvel forms a plan for the STEM activity.

The STEM Stars team organizes the material for the STEM activity.

The STEM Stars team builds a tower in the activity.

STEM in Motion team members were good sports and participated in the activity.

Tandy Taylor and Yvonne Reeder submit the Bike Hubbers' tower for judging in the STEM activity.

AD Williams, Jeff Stevens and Michelle Hunt work together to submit the STEM Stars' tower for judging.

Mike Noel discusses Berea High's partnership with STEM in Motion.

Marjorie Dowd provides input why Greenville County Schools values the partnership with STEM in Motion.

Leesa Owens (Riley Fellow, Upstate Class VIII) speaks as a guest of STEM in Motion from Michelin.

Nan Dempsey from the SC STEM Collaborative also partnered with STEM in Motion.

Tom Peters fields a question for STEM in Motion.

Adela Mendoza (Riley Fellow, Upstate Class VIII)

Melinda Hudson Gillispie, Through Our Eyes

Tom Peters along with Aline Vernat and Barbara Martin, STEM in Motion, score the activity submissions.

John Soapes, Through Our Eyes

Nancy Halverson and the rest of the Through Our Eyes group

Tom Peters, STEM in Motion, announces the winners of the activity.

The DLI staff members came in last in the STEM activity competition but had a good time participating despite the result!

Coby Hennecy, STEM Stars

Jeff Stevens, STEM Stars

Adolphus Williams, STEM Stars

Matt Gilley, STEM Stars

Michelle Hunt, STEM Stars

Nan Dempsey listens to the presentations.

Kristy Caradori (center) along with Coby Hennecy and Michelle Hunt answer questions about the STEM Stars project.

AD Williams, Coby Hennecy, Kristy Caradori and Michelle Hunt of STEM Stars.

Juan Johnson, DLI facilitator

Members of The Bike Hubbers sport t-shirts supporting Momentum Bike Clubs, their project partner.

Jamie Moon, The Bike Hubbers, introduces himself.

Yvonne Reeder, The Bike Hubbers, makes a memorable entrance.

Sara Montero-Buria, The Bike Hubbers

Yvonne Reeder, The Bike Hubbers

Jamie Moon, The Bike Hubbers

Lisa Mangione, The Bike Hubbers

David Taylor (Riley Fellow, Upstate Class XI) is the executive director of Momentum Bike Clubs and partnered with The Bike Hubbers.

Michele Brinn (Riley Fellow, Upstate Class III)

Kristy Caradori is welcomed into the Riley Fellow family.

Juan Johnson, Nancy Halverson and Calder Ehrmann take selfies.

Nancy Halverson and Crystal Hardesty about to receive their certificates.

Yvonne Reeder receives congratulations from Juan Johnson and Calder Ehrmann.

Jamie Saxon receives his graduation certificate.

The STEM Stars stand strongly united.

Yvonne Reeder and Don Gordon take selfies of their own.

Front (l-r): Sam Erwin, Matteel Jones, Dana Thorpe; middle (l-r): Jamie Saxon, Caroline Van Hook, Nestor Acosta; back (l-r): Tish McCutchen, Catriona Carlisle; Not Pictured: Don Byrd (Team Marvel)

Front (l-r): Barbara Martin, Jo Hackl, Aline Vernat; back (l-r): Bryant Nixon, Tom Peters, Alex Diaz; Not Pictured: Jessica Sharp (STEM in Motion)

Front (l-r): Melinda Gillispie, Nancy Halverson, Ana Parra; back (l-r): John Soapes, Crystal Hardesty, Karen Schwartz, Mike Alexander (Through Our Eyes)

Front (l-r): Kristy Caradori, Michelle Hunt, Coby Hennecy; back (l-r): Jeff Stevens, Matt Gilley, Adolphus Williams; Not Pictured: Horace Littlejohn, Billy Strickland (STEM Stars)

Front (l-r_: Sara Montero-Buria, Louise Connell, Yvonne Reeder, Jamie Moon; back (l-r): Daniel Wueste, Stinson Ferguson, Tandy Taylor, Lisa Mangione, Pierre Le Cleach (The Bike Hubbers)

Congratulations Upstate Class XVII Riley Fellows!

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The Bike Hubbers

STEM in Motion

STEM Stars: Plant a Seed and STEMs will Grow

Team MARVEL

Through Our Eyes