In its fifth year, the STEM Summer Enrichment Program (STEM-SEP) at Penn State Harrisburg is designed to improve student preparedness for college while promoting STEM education through active learning experiences and activities. This summer, 28 students from 14 high schools in the central Pennsylvania region participated.
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In its fifth year, the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg is designed to improve student preparedness for college while promoting STEM education through active learning experiences and activities. This summer, 28 students from 14 high schools in the central Pennsylvania region participated.
![Students work at a lab table with small bottles of liquid](/sites/harrisburg/files/styles/photo_gallery_large/public/52979359253-8982e79c14-o.jpg?itok=FgFkH4ew)
Students learned how to determine blood type during a biology session at the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. During the program, faculty members offer hands-on workshops to give students a taste of eight STEM disciplines: math, physics, chemistry, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, biology and computer science.
![A student holds a test tube during a biology workshop](/sites/harrisburg/files/styles/photo_gallery_large/public/52979052384-031b054313-o.jpg?itok=fC_dwvuZ)
Biology was one of eight STEM disciplines that high school students learned about during the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. Activities, which included hands-on workshops and field trips, were designed to help students learn more about STEM fields as they prepare for college.
![Students wearing safety goggles and blue gloves work with concrete during a civil engineering workshop](/sites/harrisburg/files/styles/photo_gallery_large/public/52974288426-502554516e-o.jpg?itok=mFi0Wssf)
High school students make concrete boats during a civil engineering session in the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. During the program, faculty members offer hands-on workshops to give students a taste of eight STEM disciplines: math, physics, chemistry, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, biology and computer science.
![Students sit at lab tables while a man at the front of the room gives instructions during a biology workshop](/sites/harrisburg/files/styles/photo_gallery_large/public/52978908771-a7afa4651e-o.jpg?itok=p5cxi3lK)
Mitchell Spear, laboratory manager at Penn State Harrisburg, gives students instructions during a biology session during the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. The program offers high school students a chance to participate in hands-on workshops related to a variety of STEM topics.
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Coding theory and cryptography was one session offered during the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. The program gave high school students a taste of eight STEM disciplines: math, physics, chemistry, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, biology and computer science.
![Craig Culbert, assistant teaching professor of mathematical sciences at Penn State Harrisburg, points to information on a large screen.](/sites/harrisburg/files/styles/photo_gallery_large/public/52969895621-6925a8d6d0-o-1.jpg?itok=B9K-jbuS)
Craig Culbert, assistant teaching professor of mathematical sciences at Penn State Harrisburg, offered a session on coding theory and cryptology during the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. This summer, 28 students from 14 high schools participated in workshops on a variety of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) topics.
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High school students participate in a civil engineering workshop during the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. In its fifth year, the program is designed to improve student preparedness for college while promoting STEM education through active learning experiences and activities.