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Superstars of STEAM™ is kicking off its 2026 series with an innovator who is passionate about integrating healthy food, lifestyles, and technology to ensure people all over equitable food access! Join us as our Superstar of STEAM, Azubuike Akunne of NeuBite and AveNeu dives deep into the intersection of food and technology. Participants will learn about food nutrition and how we can deliver healthy food in easy to access locations. Perfect for K-12 snackers and engineers. Register today using the QR code or link in bio! 🫑 🍲 🥗 💬 Talk & Workshop: Super Snacking 📅Date: Saturday, May 23rd ⏰Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm 📍Location: Center of Entrepreneurial Development (COED) 💲Cost: Free - just register online! More about Azubuike: Azubuike Akunne is an entrepreneur, technologist, and community builder based in Columbus, Ohio. He is the founder of NeuBite, a technology platform expanding equitable food access through SNAP-enabled retail and vending solutions, and AveNeu, a nonprofit grocery and art space focused on community health, culture, and economic development. With a background in human nutrition, business, and design, Azubuike’s work sits at the intersection of food systems, technology, and neighborhood revitalization. He is passionate about building scalable, community-driven solutions that create both economic opportunity and social impact. #SuperstarsOfSTEAM #MakerspaceCentral #makingandbuilding #deepdivelearning #ColumbusSTEAMteam

Calling all high school students who are curious about the exciting world of STEAM and want to gain real-world skills and more. Welcome to MOVES (Motivational Opportunities for Versatile & Engaging STEAM) - Makerspace Central's free summer high school focused workforce development program. MOVES focuses on providing 25 high school students real skills and credentials through an engineering design challenge centered around drones. Students will build and test their drones over an 11 week period starting the week of June 1st and will demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and prototypes in a showcase day on August 15th. This showcase day will award an assortment of prizes to the student participants, in addition to the credentials and certificates earned throughout the program. Student applications are now open through the end of May. No experience in engineering or drones required, just interest and curiosity. For more information, see the attachment for program logistics, application link, and student profile characteristics. Let's make some MOVES. Student application and program information flyer links in bio. Our team would like to thank The City of Columbus (@columbusgov ) and Columbus Recreation and Parks Department for funding this program, in addition to our partners in the execution of this program.

We're building out our team and want engaging, exciting STEAM educators! 🧒🏿🚀🧑🏿‍🚀 Here at Makerspace Central, we believe that hands-on STEAM education is the pathway to building strong, independent, critical thinkers. Be a part of transforming our Central Ohio youth of today into the innovators and problem-solvers of tomorrow. 🛠️⚙️🪛 Have a background in STEM/STEAM? Former educator? All of the above? You'd fit right in! Interested? Send us a message and let's talk. #ColumbusSTEAMTeam #makingandbuilding #STEAMkidsarecoolkids

The Makerspace Central team had an absolute blast during the @cosiscience Science Festival Week and Big Science Celebration. From meeting astronauts, to teaching kids all about what it takes to mine asteroids, our team was working with the young scientists all across Columbus and building some great designs! Check out the slides for some pure engineering ingenuity, creativity, and inspiration. 🚀 🚀 🚀 Thank you to all of our partners, supporters, and our community of makers who made this week one for the books. With summer right around the corner, make sure to check out our programming schedule for details on Superstars of STEAM™, MOVES, and more! 🛠️ 🛠️ 🛠️ @amyastra25 @dickshouseofsport @dickssportinggoods @polarisfashionplace

As part of his selection as a 2026 @cosiscience STEAM Star, our founder Iddrisu Seidu, was interviewed by the @NBC4i team on what @Makerspace.Central is all about and what it means to inspire the next generation of tinkerers, engineers, and builders. Check out the interview here! 📣 📣 📣 Video Credit: NBC4 Columbus #COSIscifest #cosisteamstar

Big news makers! We're pleased to announce that our founder and executive director, Iddrisu Seidu, is a 2026 COSI STEAM Star! Iddrisu's vision and leadership in the informal STEAM education space has led Makerspace Central's unique hands-on STEAM experiences to impact thousands of youth throughout Central Ohio. 🛠️🔭🤖 Join us in congratulating Iddrisu for this amazing achievement. Here's to more building, tinkering, and making with young engineers and scientists all across the region! Thank you to @cosiscience for the recognition of our founder and our organization. Pictures courtesy of @cosiscience

What a week to celebrate the wonderful world of STEAM! Come see us at the @cosiscience Big Science Celebration, this Saturday, May 2nd at booth 44 for The Design Challenge Zone! #cosiscifest

Granville’s Lab came to life. ⚡🧪 Nearly 75+ youth and parents/guardians joined us at Rickenbacker Woods for hands-on STEAM, food, music, play, and community. Despite the early rain, we activated the learning center, playground, green space, and future trolley area — all in celebration of Granville T. Woods. This is what it looks like when history becomes opportunity. Thank you to our families, volunteers, MakerSpace Central, B&K Smokehouse, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. #GranvillesLab #GranvilleTWoods #RickenbackerWoods #STEAM #Columbus

Join us this Saturday for Granville’s Lab at Rickenbacker Woods Foundation. As part of Granville T. Woods Week, this hands-on STEAM event will invite youth and families to explore science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics through a fun and engaging community experience. Saturday, April 25 1:00 PM–3:00 PM 1330 E. Livingston Ave. Columbus, OH 43205 This is a family-friendly public event and refreshments will be served while they last. We are grateful for the support of our community partners, including Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Learn more at:

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Our team would like to introduce your 2026 Superstars of STEAM™! 🥗 👕 🖊️ 🤖 🖥️ 🛒 🪮 🧮 Sharing their STEAM excellence with us throughout this summer are: - Azubuike Akunne of @neubite.co , an entrepreneur and technologist focused on healthy and affordable diets 🥗 - Priscila Teixeira of @columbusfashionacademy , a visionary leader & fashion scientist who redefines the world of fashion 👕 - Tasha Lomo of @thegiovannicollective , a writer and poet who heals the world through her poems🖊️ - Stephanie Wightman of @first_official_ , a technologist who understands & develops robots 🤖 - Lexius Waltar of @appfolio , an engineer who ensures the products we use, work and do it well 🖥️ - Aaron Westbrook of @form5org , a visionary founder whose focus on limb difference product design is building an empowered, accessible world 🛒 - Na'imah Campbell of @the.hair.chef , an empowered leader on a mission to building a world of sustainable and accessible hair care 🪮 - Noel Castillon of @cbuscodeandcoffee , a leader of a software tech focused collaborative group 🧮 and soon to be announced surprise guests! Want to dive deep with these Superstars of STEAM™ and learn about their journey, what they do, and how they do it? Sign up for any of the sessions to save your spot today. As always, Superstars of STEAM™ is FREE. Registration link in bio. 📅: Saturdays, May 2026 - September 2026 🕙: 10 am - 12:30 pm 📍: Location details coming soon 💲 : No cost to attend, free Powered by @battelle_insider