Tag: Kummer Center for STEM Education

Missouri S&T launches free after-school STEM program for local students 

Posted by on September 24, 2024

Missouri S&T recently launched a free after-school program for three Phelps County school districts thanks in part to a grant totaling almost $2 million over the next several years. 

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S&T’s manufacturing academy available statewide for after-school programs, career courses 

Posted by on September 19, 2024

Missouri S&T is starting another year of the Missouri Manufacturing Academy, and school districts throughout the state with after-school programs or career courses are invited to apply to participate. 

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Saudi Arabia students affected by Crowdstrike outage still able to enjoy summer camps

Posted by on August 7, 2024

Missouri S&T holds a wide variety of STEM-related summer camps that bring in students from around the nation, and even all around the world. In July, a group of four high school students from Saudi Arabia had a difficult journey getting to the Missouri S&T campus to attend the Exploring Materials in Your World Camp. While they were forced to miss most of the actual camp, S&T employees ensured the international students still had a fun and educational time while at Missouri S&T.

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Meet S&T at the state fair

Posted by on August 6, 2024

The Missouri State Fair will be held Aug. 8-18 in Sedalia, and Missouri S&T invites all fair attendees to experience the best of the university through live demonstrations, a “drone zone,” games and more.

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Campus is a busy place during summer break

Posted by on July 20, 2024

Courtney Jones, director of the Kummer Center for STEM Education, highlights some of the unique experiences at S&T’s recent summer camps.

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Summer camps offer potential students an up-close, personal look at Missouri S&T

Posted by on May 16, 2024

Missouri University of Science and Technology was likely part of the future for Emily Espe and Jane Yates, but both S&T students say their experience at the school’s Art in the Ozarks Camp, which they attended in summer 2022, definitely helped them make a final decision.

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Roll out the red carpet: S&T’s Movie Makers camp open for registration

Posted by on May 9, 2024

Registration is now open for Movie Makers, an evening camp offered by the Kummer Center for STEM Education at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Movie Makers takes place 5-9 p.m. Monday, June 24, through Friday, June 28. The camp is open to students entering grades 5-8 and grades 9-12. Tuition is $400, which includes […]

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Missouri S&T’s STEM Center hits the road for solar eclipse

Posted by on May 6, 2024

Taking advantage of the university’s proximity to the path of totality during the recent solar eclipse, S&T’s STEM Center hit the road with faculty, students, staff and lots of science equipment.

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FIRST Tech Challenge returns to Missouri University of Science and Technology March 2

Posted by on February 28, 2024

Learning takes center stage – or the gymnasium floor, in this case – starting at 11:30 a.m.  Saturday, March 2, when FIRST Tech Challenge returns to Missouri University of Science and Technology for its Missouri/Kansas championship. The acronym FIRST stands for for inspiration and recognition of science and technology.

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Registration now open for 2024 summer camps at Missouri S&T

Posted by on December 18, 2023

Registration for Missouri S&T’s 2024 camp season is now open. Alongside several new camps, long-time favorites such as robotics, explosives and introduction to engineering are also open for registration.

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