Events planned April 20-23 at all locations; Mini STEM Fair at Jenkins Hall in Luray from 4-7 p.m. on Monday, April 20
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LURAY — The community is invited to Laurel Ridge’s STEM Week activities April 20-23 at all locations. There will be activities, demonstrations, and expert speakers. For the whole schedule of events, visit laurelridge.edu/STEM.
Specifically in Luray, Jenkins Hall will host a Mini STEM Fair from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, April 20 at the Luray-Page County Center. The local event will feature snacks and a Passport Card door prize game, while providing information about the following:
- Four-year university STEM representatives
- Local businesses and medical practices
- Veterinary Clinics
- Physical Therapist Assistant Program
- Laurel Ridge STEM and Health Care departments
- EMS Program and live demonstration
- Police Department display
- Virginia Space Grant Consortium
Vendors will be set up at Jenkins Hall from 4 to 6 p.m., with speakers from 6 to 7 p.m. Professionals will be there from local businesses, government representatives, transfer institutions, as well as Laurel Ridge’s own programs such as PTA, EMS, Nurses Aide and others.
Laurel Ridge Luray Page County Center at Jenkins Hall is located at 200 College Drive, Luray, VA 22835
Laurel Ridge Community College is showcasing its STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) offerings and the career pathways they can lead to April 20-23.
“We hosted STEM Week for the first time last year and it was very successful,” said Dr. Ia Gomez, dean of science, integrated technologies, engineering and math at Laurel Ridge. “We have a whole week of events highlighting the different STEM programs, STEM careers, our highly-qualified STEM faculty, our classes and raising awareness. We strive to make the events engaging, interactive, fun and interesting.
“We have multiple programs that provide students with the knowledge and the skillset to be successful in the STEM workforce. Our students are doing a lot of cool things and so are our faculty.”
She said there will be events at the Middletown and Fauquier campuses, as well as the Luray-Page County Center (LPCC) – (see above), with some events being offered virtually in addition to in person.
“All of these events are open to the community,” said Dr. Gomez.
Below is a sampling of events planned throughout the week:
- Monday: Mini STEM Fair and STEM career panel at the LPCC
- Tuesday: STEM Fair, bird hike with the National Audubon Society, NASA airborne research presentation by Professor Ray Rogers and a presentation on PFAS and forever chemicals by Shimadzu at the Middletown Campus.
- Wednesday: a virtual presentation by Deepesh Giri on engineering in the automotive industry; an engineering career panel at the Middletown Campus
- Thursday: STEM Fair and STEM careers panel at the Fauquier Campus.
Those attending the STEM events may take part in a contest to win various prizes, including tablets, gift cards, Laurel Ridge gear and more.
To learn more about STEM Week and for a full list of activities and events, visit laurelridge.edu/STEM.
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