The Aspire 2 Teach Conference at Penn State Harrisburg drew 100 high school students to learn about STEM-CS fields and encourage them to consider teaching as a career path.
Penn State Harrisburg's IEEE student organization holds STEM programs for teens and younger children at the Middletown library. The college students who run the program focus on finding hands-on activities to engage the younger students.
Penn State Harrisburg student Jeremiah Ddumba, president of the college chapter of IEEE (Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers), helps a student with a soldering activity at the Middletown Public Library during a meeting of the Teen STEM program. The IEEE runs two STEM programs at the library, one for teens and one for younger children, which together reach around 30 students a month.
High school students participated in STEM-CS activities during the Aspire 2 Teach Conference at Penn State Harrisburg. The conference, funded by the Aspire 2 Education grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, aimed to ignite students’ interest in STEM-CS (computer science) fields and encourage students to consider teaching in a STEM-CS discipline as a career path – while providing a great experience at the college.
More than 100 high school students descended on the Penn State Harrisburg campus for the Aspire 2 TEACH conference. Among many STEM activities, they used math to figure out whether Double Stuf Oreos are truly double stuffed.
In the fall of 2023, more than 100 high school students descended on the Penn State Harrisburg campus for the Aspire 2 TEACH conference. They used math to figure out whether Double Stuf Oreos are truly double stuffed, constructed DNA necklaces and built blinker circuits, among other activities.
At the Aspire 2 Teach conference held in December at Penn State Harrisburg, high school students participated in activities such as constructing DNA necklaces and building blinker circuits. They and their teachers heard from a keynote speaker who is an expert in STEM education.
In the fall of 2023, more than 100 high school students descended on the Penn State Harrisburg campus for the Aspire 2 TEACH conference. The conference, funded by the Aspire 2 Education grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, aimed to ignite students’ interest in STEM-CS (computer science) fields and encourage students to consider teaching in a STEM-CS discipline as a career path – while providing a great experience at the college.
Amy K. Milligan, a 2012 graduate of the doctoral program, will serve as the event's keynote speaker. Milligan is the Batten Endowed associate professor of Jewish studies and women's and gender studies and the director of the Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding at Old Dominion University.
