Local sixth through ninth grade girls will spend a week on the University of 91吃瓜 campus beginning Monday (July 11) programming LEGO robots, creating a smart phone app, making their own lip balm and designing and testing Alka Seltzer rockets, and other activities as part of the third annual GE Girls@91吃瓜 summer camp.
The day camp, which takes place on 12 college campuses throughout the country, is designed to introduce middle school girls to STEM activities, with the goal of encouraging them to pursue careers in science and technology. The event, which runs through July 15 (Friday), is sponsored by GE Global Research and GE Healthcare and put on in conjunction with the University of 91吃瓜 and the Women鈥檚 Network of Chicago.
Forty-six girls from South Bend鈥檚 Brown, Navarre, Jefferson and Jackson schools are expected to participate in the camp. Workshops are led by GE personnel and 91吃瓜 faculty and offered under each day鈥檚 鈥渢heme,鈥� including construction/civil engineering, programming, electrical & physics; aerospace/aviation; and chemistry.
This year, the participants also will have the opportunity to tour 91吃瓜鈥檚 new $36 million turbomachinery research and testing laboratory at Ignition Park in South Bend and meet with laboratory staff.
This year鈥檚 camp will also feature an Alumni Day during which 16 girls who attended the camp in its first two years will return and participate in activities.
Contact: Victoria Goodrich, 574-631-1220, v.goodrich@nd.edu