West Virginia State University to Host Engineering Day Saturday, March 7
2/26/2020
Contact: Jack Bailey
(304) 766-4109
jbaile19@wvstateu.edu
Feb. 26, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
West Virginia State University to Host Engineering Day Saturday, March 7
INSTITUTE, W.Va. –West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host its second annual Engineering Day Saturday, March 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the University’s Institute campus. The free event will feature hands-on educational activities for middle and high school students.
Participants can engage in activities for all experience levels on topics such as aerospace engineering, automotive engineering, marine engineering, computer science, electronics, civil engineering, mechanical engineering and virtual engineering. Attendees can also register to participate in two competitive activities relating to bridge building and foam rocket launching.
The event serves as an introduction to WVSU’s Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering degree program, which launched in 2019. WVSU is the 10th land-grant university in the nation to offer an engineering program, which will prepare students to work for one of the more than 140 chemical-related companies in West Virginia.
WVSU’s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and WVSU Center for the Advancement of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are hosting the event. Activities will take place in Hamblin and Wallace halls on campus.
Additional information about competitive activities, as well as registration, is available at
wvstateu.edu/engineering.
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West Virginia State University is a public, land grant, historically black university, which has evolved into a fully accessible, racially integrated, and multi‐generational institution, located in Institute, W.Va. As a “living laboratory of human relations,” the university is a community of students, staff, and faculty committed to academic growth, service and preservation of the racial and cultural diversity of the institution. Its mission is to meet the higher education and economic development needs of the state and region through innovative teaching and applied research.
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