ISSUED: 7 March 2023
MEDIA CONTACT: Dana Costa
SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV — Shepherd University’s Seeding Your Future Initiative is teaming up with the West Virginia Science Public Outreach Team (WV SPOT) to offer a Spring Summit—an afternoon of free fun activities—on Saturday, March 25, from 1-3 p.m. in the Center for Contemporary Arts, room G03.
The summit will include hands-on science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) activities. There will be booths for families and children in kindergarten through third grade (ages 5-9) focusing on topics such as chemistry, biology, physics, music, forensics, and art. Shepherd University faculty and undergraduate students, WV SPOT members, and local experts will lead participants through fun and exciting experiments and activities. No sign-up is required, and the summit is open to the community.
Visitors attending the summit can park in Lot H on campus, which can be accessed off University Dr. and is a short walk to the Center for Contemporary Arts building.
About Seeding Your Future:
The Seeding Your Future Initiative is a two-fold approach to encouraging the next generation of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals. The Seeding Your Future Conference (SYFC) is one-day, hands-on event that aims to inspire middle school aged girls to pursue STEM careers when they are older. The Seeding Your Future Workshop Series is a once monthly, two-hour workshop for high school students that features more in-depth exploration into different STEM areas. For more information, visit the Seeding Your Future webpage.
About WV SPOT:
The West Virginia Science Public Outreach Team (WV SPOT) began in 2013 as a partnership between the Green Bank Observatory and NASA. WV SPOT recruits and trains West Virginia undergraduates to bring presentations about current West Virginia science, technology, and engineering to state kindergarten-12th grade classrooms, museums, and youth programs. WV SPOT has delivered 800 presentations and impacted the lives of more than 25,000 students since its inception. For more information, visit the about WV SPOT webpage.
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