Stratosphere tour highlights STEM training for Goodwill program participants

While staring out at what is essentially a diving platform 855 feet above concrete and imagining the plummet, it might have been a little hard to focus on the statistics, facts and science that Michael Mann, director of ride engineering for the Stratosphere, was explaining, but a group of 17 students from Goodwill’s ELITE program listened with rapt attention. The program is for those ages 17 to 24 with a documented disability who are looking for assistance achieving their goals in educatio