News from the Ada Jobs Foundation

Cathlena Spencer: Technological Innovation Hiding in Plain Sight

Cathlena Spencer: Technological Innovation Hiding in Plain Sight

Nov 17, 2023

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Cathlena Spencer first became interested in camouflage when she was a little kid. She was eleven years old, and her father was stationed at Fort Bragg. Being surrounded by the military culture, her young mind would look at the patterns around her...

Briana Coureur: Community, Technology, and Entrepreneurship

Briana Coureur: Community, Technology, and Entrepreneurship

Nov 10, 2023

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Briana Coureur has always had a passion for community and entrepreneurship. When she was working on her Business Marketing degree at East Central University, she was always aiding others with marketing campaigns, blogs, and photography. She...

Breaking Down the World Into Data: A Conversation with Vinayak Mitty

Breaking Down the World Into Data: A Conversation with Vinayak Mitty

Nov 3, 2023

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker When Vinayak Mitty was fifteen, he wanted to help his friend with a birthday surprise for his girlfriend. Mitty took a motor from a moped, added a pulley system and a conveyor belt, and made cakes, balloons, and presents appear from nowhere, like...

Bridging Millennia: The Fusion of Art and Technology in Cultural Preservation

Bridging Millennia: The Fusion of Art and Technology in Cultural Preservation

Oct 27, 2023

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Dustin Mater caught his breath as enthusiasm overtook him. He was looking at images of Chickasaw petroglyphs when he started naming the different images and figures in front of him. He had his first meeting with Stephen Alvarez, and both of them...

Press Release: Ada Jobs Foundation Announces Departure of Jim Eldridge

Oct 12, 2023

ADA, OKLAHOMA – Ada Jobs Foundation (AJF) announces the departure of President and CEO Jim Eldridge effective November 3. Jim has been an integral part of our organization for seven years, and we extend our deepest gratitude for his dedication, leadership, and...

Coding, Collaboration, and Competition: Inside the Youth Coding League

Coding, Collaboration, and Competition: Inside the Youth Coding League

Oct 6, 2023

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker It was August 29th and the anticipation in the Ada Jobs Foundation Conduit offices was palpable. Twelve fifth and sixth graders from three different schools in Pontotoc County opened their Chromebooks nervously, excited to begin their journey...

Unlocking the Sky: How Pontotoc Technology Center Is Training the Next Generation of Drone Experts

Unlocking the Sky: How Pontotoc Technology Center Is Training the Next Generation of Drone Experts

Sep 29, 2023

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker When drones first came on the market, many saw them as a toy, much like the remote-control airplanes and helicopters of our youth. However, while drones can be used for fun and recreation, the possibilities for applications of the technology, as...

Mapping our Present, Preparing for our Future: Mark Masoner and True North Mapping and Solutions

Mapping our Present, Preparing for our Future: Mark Masoner and True North Mapping and Solutions

Sep 23, 2023

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker In 2010, Mark Masoner was working as a paraprofessional at Homer Elementary when he saw a BrainPOP cartoon about George Washington surveying the west. The cartoon stuck in his brain and he thought, “I want to do something like that.” Masoner had...

Barbara Bonner-Stephens and the Menace of Feral Hogs: Agricultural Technology and Entrepreneurship

Barbara Bonner-Stephens and the Menace of Feral Hogs: Agricultural Technology and Entrepreneurship

Sep 8, 2023

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker The beauty of innovation is that sometimes ideas can come when you least expect them. That was the case for Barbara Bonner-Stephens. Bonner-Stephens was the Regional and Technology Commercialization Director for the Oklahoma Small Business...

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