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K-12 Programs
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A weeklong summer camp for children ages 7-15 years old. Students will be given in-depth, hands on instruction in the arts, science, and technology. Campers also get to experience dorm life on a college campus.
July 29-August 3, 2012
Overnight Camper $779
Day Camper $399
Contacts: AllArts@uncg.edu
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Description: Computers and Technology at Virginia Tech is a two week summer camp for high school women from Virginia. The purpose of the program is to introduce the participants to engineering and related technologies through various hands-on activities, laboratories and presentations. Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering invites you to participate in a program called C-Tech² - Computers and Technology at Virginia Tech. A primary focus of the program is to help develop and sustain the interests of women in engineering and the sciences. The program allows you to explore applications of engineering, math, and science in a way that is fun and exciting. You will spend the majority of your time involved in hands-on activities designed to increase your interest in and knowledge of applications of engineering, math, and science to real world situations. The target population for the program is rising junior and senior high school girls.
July 8-July 21, 2012
$800, full & partial scholarships available
Contacts: Susan Arnold-Christian
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A college transition program designed for high school juniors, seniors, and their parents. The three day program will promote self-advocacy skills for college, explore assistive technologies, participate in an actual college class, develop organizational strategies, explore study skills, discover campus services and activities, learn form successful college student leaders, and understand the college accommodation process.
Contacts: Andrea Sharpe
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F.A.S.T. (Females Advancing Science & Technology)
A one day conference for 650+ sixth grade girls to introduce, motivate and encourage them to seek careers in STEM
Contacts: Penny McCallum
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This is a partnership between Virginia Tech (VT) and the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) FIRST robotics high-school team which includes undergraduates from a two-semester mechanical engineering senior capstone design course, and a pilot mechanical engineering technical elective. The FIRST robotics program at MCPS was developed nine years ago by, Dr. Brand, in the School of Education to facilitate STEM literacy by creating experiences to promote self-efficacy of high-school students in STEM areas. Unlike most FIRST programs around the country, the MCPS program was set up in the context of a two-semester robotics course that high-school students take for credit. This FIRST program at MCPS was developed using approaches which are based on Bandura’s [1,2] four sources of efficacy: mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, social persuasion, and stress reduction. In this manner, high-school students achieve a level of familiarity and literacy in engineering and other STEM topics, such as design and manufacturing, in the context of robotics. VT engineering capstone design students working with the high-school students are taught mentoring and leadership skills in order to effectively interact and promote self-efficacy with the high-school students. Through their experiences of mentoring, the VT students also achieve an additional level of their own self-efficacy with technical subjects, and an understanding of how to facilitate STEM learning and literacy in others. This approach is also preparing engineering undergraduates for success in professional practice as well as facilitating future successful outreach and mentoring strategies for these students to further technological literacy in future generations
Contacts: Brenda Brand and Mary Kasarda
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This is a 7 week program where participants will take core classes and specific major related courses for Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Leadership, Animal Science, Plant Science and Veterinary Medicine majors. Students will also have choices of several elective classes.
June 24-July 21, 2012
Contacts: Thomas W. Broyles
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A one week summer camp for middle school students from the New River and Roanoke Valley areas. Targeted at under-represented students, they come to Virginia Tech daily to participate in hands-on activities such as toothpick bridge building, egg drop contests, and robot programming. The students also learn about the college admission process and learn about various fields of engineering through, fo example, tours of the wind tunnel, and the rainfall simulator. The goal of this program is to heighten their interest in pursuing technical degrees.
July 16-20, 2012
July 23-27, 2012
Contacts: Fleur Gooden
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This program is designed for high school students interested in architecture or design. Students will gain hands-on experience with long time educators and practitioners. No prior course or subject experience is necessary.
July 9-13, 2012
Contacts: Trudy Epperly
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The purpose of KTU is to spark an interest in children ages 8-12 to learn the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines and to get acquainted to the university setting. We are inviting 250+ children from the geographical area surrounding Virginia Tech, including the cities of Roanoke, Salem and Radford, and the counties of Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski and Roanoke to participate in KTU. The KTU curriculum includes two parts: 1. lectures given by world-renowned researchers in Virginia Tech lecture halls, and 2. a Virtual Kids Tech University (VKTU), which includes a kids’ forum and interactive virtual labs. The lectures are currently set for spring 2009, specifically Jan. 31, Feb. 28, March 28 and May 2, and are based on answering "Why" questions, such as "Why are there animals with spotted bodies and striped tails, but no animal with a striped body and a spotted tail?" or “Why are computer programs so frustrating?” First, the lectures will capture the participants’ attention in a given STEM subject, then VKTU will follow up with virtual labs and materials that channel the participants’ energy into further exploration of the disciplines. We are creating the "university feel" by hosting the lectures in a Virginia Tech lecture hall, sponsoring lunches for each child either at the student dining hall or box lunches, providing KTU identification cards and giving campus tours of Virginia Tech.
Contacts: Kristy DiVittorio
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MCPS/VT Robotics Collaborative The Montgomery County Public Schools and Virginia Tech’s robotics collaborative involves high school students, university students from engineering and related fields, and public school and university faculty. Together they explore math, science, and engineering principles using the field of robotics. This program is an educational collaboration between Montgomery County Public Schools, the Virginia Tech School of Education and the College of Engineering. It brings together high school students, university students from engineering and public school and university faculty. Collaboratively, they investigate the math, science and engineering principles behind the design and fabrication of a semi-autonomous robot to be entered in an international competition. Over the course of one school year, the field of robotics is explored as a real-world discipline in which the fundamentals learned during one's secondary education are put to a practical use. Using the applied skills, various robot prototypes are constructed throughout the semester, as well as a 120 pound robot designed to execute tasks critical to winning the FIRST Robotics Competition, thus the name "Team 401." FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) seeks to inspire in high school students both an interest in math, science, and technology and a lasting desire to effect positive change in their world. Mentorship is a key component of this robotics collaborative. Undergraduate and graduate students from the university take a mentorship course collaboratively taught by instructors in Science Education and Mechanical Engineering, which supports these students in acquiring the skills necessary for motivating and facilitating problem solving experiences for the students. The high school students work in inquiry groups facilitated by the mentors where using the engineering design process they consider and explain problems, and develop strategies that can be developed into a plan, implemented and tested. High school students obtain an elective credit for their participation in the course and the college students enrolled in the mentorship course earn an elective credit in their disciplines.
Contacts: James Carlson
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STEP is a five-week orientation program for new students entering the College of Engineering. Participants will participate in an intensive academic program during the summer. This program helps ease the transition from high school to Virginia Tech and ensures that you know the keys to academic success.
June 24-July 28, 2012
$1500
Contacts: STEP@vt.edu
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Provides preparation and tutoring in English, mathematics, science, foreign language, SAT prep, ACT prep, study and test- taking skills, career planning, time management, communication skills, problem solving, and more to low income, under-represented, and/or first generation college-bound students. Helps students research and choose colleges and universities and apply for financial aid.
Contacts: Tom Wilson
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Provides informal learning experiences in science and technology for low income, under-represented, and/or first generation college bound youth at-promise.
Contacts: Ed McPherson
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This week long program designed for high school students provides eduction about Virginia’s natural resources from conservation professionals and Virginia Tech faculty. The majority of the class time will be hands-on and outdoors.
Contacts: Beth Sokolik
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This year the Virginia FFA Association will be celebrating its 86th State FFA Convention on June 18-21, 2012 at Virginia Tech. This year's convention is planned to be an exciting convention for members, advisors, and guests from all around the state. The Virginia convention sessions are held in Burruss Auditorium. Convention hosts over 2000 members and guests from all across the state.
Students will be competing in Career Development Events and workshops hosted by State Officers from other State Associations.
June 18-21, 2012
$205
Contacts: G. Andrew Seibel
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Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) is offering a high school summer internship to expose students to the exciting fields of research in biology, plant pathology, the environment, climate and bioinformatics. This week-long program consists of several research activity labs, research-related tours, and a discussion/lecture series.
High school students interested in math and science, and are able to provide their own, reliable transportation to VBI each morning, are eligible for participation in the program. The main objective of this high school internship is to show students the fun and excitement of scientific research. Students will have the opportunity to explore the world of genomics and the environment with world-renowned research scientists in professional labs.
July 9 -13, 2012
Contacts: Kristopher Monger
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