{"id":41434,"date":"2018-10-24T06:41:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T14:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=41434"},"modified":"2021-06-17T15:57:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T19:57:14","slug":"stem-exploration-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=41434","title":{"rendered":"STEM Exploration Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TRAVERSE CITY &#8212;&#160;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northwestern Michigan College is offering a fun and unique way to give back to the community while getting an up-close look at some of the most exciting new technology available on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students will host the STEM Exploration Day from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Parsons-Stulen building on NMC&#8217;s Aero Park campus. The event benefits the Food for Thought &#8220;Fill the Pantries: Food Drive Challenge.&#8221; Products and funds collected will help fill shelves at four local student-based pantries, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TLD Prayer Fyre<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step Up Northern Michigan<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TBAISD Spirit Pantry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/student-services\/student-life\/food-pantry.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NMC&#8217;s Food Pantry<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community members of all ages are invited to explore and play with some of the latest equipment from NMC programs including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, aviation flight simulators, welding, hybrid vehicles, 3D printer, virtual reality, building and programing games, cloud computing, engineering technology, marine technology and interactive robots. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants will be able experience LEGO robotics, drones, virtual reality and more family-friendly activities. &#160;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two presentations geared towards students ages 13 and above will explore first STEM programs at NMC from 11 a.m.- noon and second, the STEM industry from 1- 2.m. Attendance at these two presentations are mandatory to be entered into a drawing to win a XBox and other fun prizes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other activities include face painting, a bake sale, crafts and a raffle. Suggested admission is five non-perishable food\/hygiene items or $5 per person. There will be interactive exhibits for children and adults of all ages. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NMC Food for Thought &#8220;Fill the Pantries: Food Drive Challenge&#8221; is a semester-long experiential learning project that pairs NMC students and the Northwest Michigan Food Coalition. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Release date: october 25, 2018<\/h3>\n<h2>For more information:<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kristy McDonald<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NMC instructor<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(231) 995-1059<br \/><\/span><a href=\"mailto:kmcdonald@nmc.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kmcdonald@nmc.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fayth Lautner<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Leader, &#160;NMC&#8217;s Food for Thought<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(231) 590-0626<br \/><\/span><a href=\"mailto:lautnef@mail.nmc.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lautnef@mail.nmc.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;\">NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY NOTICE<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic;\">Northwestern Michigan College is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, height, weight, marital status or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/about\/policies\/non-discrimination\/index.html\" style=\"font-size: 10px; font-style: italic;\">nmc.edu\/non-discrimination<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRAVERSE CITY &#8212;&#160;Northwestern Michigan College is offering a fun and unique way to give back to the community while getting an up-close look at some of the most exciting new technology available on campus. &#160;Students will host the STEM Exploration Day from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Parsons-Stulen building on NMC&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intercom","category-student-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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