A Pipeline to IndustryThe article discusses the economic development program STEM East launched by the economic development agency North Carolina's Eastern Region (NCER) in 2011. It discusses the tasks of STEM East which include development of STEM's centers and programs, and STEM teachers for the education and career development. It mentions the Kenan Fellowship awarded to Marlena Bleau, a STEM educator at the Havelock Middle School in Havelock, New Jersey, for her innovation and motivation aspects. INSET: KENAN FELLOWS PROGRAM INSPIRES SMALL-TOWN EDUCATOR.