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Camp Connect I successfully completed its fifth year by hosting 80 students on UCF’s Main Campus! Originally created in 2012 by the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Camp Connect has been a part of the Center for Initiatives in STEM (iSTEM) for the past three years. This week-long…

The UCF Society of Women Engineers is hosting SWEet College Day, an engineering Outreach event geared towards high school girls. Taking place on the UCF campus, this is a one-of-a-kind event where students can participate in hands-on, interactive workshops from various engineering disciplines. Registration links can be found at: www.UCFSWE.weebly.com/Outreach. Registration deadline is April 1st.

Join Kennedy Space Center on February 23rd as they host a unique streaming event for National Engineers Week! Tune in to see female scientists and engineers from NASA tell you about their careers and research. Click here for more information: Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

The EXCEL program at UCF hosted its first ever alumni reunion in conjunction with the Knights battle against Tulsa. EXCEL, a program aimed to increase STEM student success in the first two years of college, played host to over 50 students and alumni. For the full story, visit https://sciences.ucf.edu/news/excel-celebrates-10-years/.

On Friday, October 28, the University of Central Florida’s Center for Initiatives in STEM hosted 1,200 K-12 students on campus for its bi-annual STEM Day event. In collaboration with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, every student was given the opportunity to hear from former astronaut Mike McCulley regarding his adventures in space and explore a variety…

Mystery Design is an engineering Outreach event that is geared towards middle school girls. The date for Mystery Design this year is November 5th, and the event will be taking place on the UCF campus, specifically within our Mathematical Sciences building. Registration is on the SWE website: ucfswe.weebly.com/outreach.

The University of Central Florida Physics Department will be hosting a Physics Career Exploration Day on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 10:00 AM (registration opens at 9:30 AM). This event will kick off in the College of Sciences Building, Auditorium Room 101. Physics Career Exploration Day is geared toward high school students who want to explore careers in physics.  The…

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The Society of Women Engineers, Space Coast Chapter, is sponsoring an event for 7th – 10th grade girls on Saturday, October 15, 2016. WOW! That’s Engineering, offers young women interested in STEM the opportunity to meet women engineers and technologists while participating in hands-on activities. Students and volunteers can register at http://www.swe-sc.org/WOW/ through September 27.…

This summer, UCF’s Center for Initiatives in STEM hosted four STEM Summer Institute (SI) camps for Central Florida middle and high school students. The STEM Summer Institute (SI) offers a mix of activities designed to maximize learning through hands-on, individualized instruction in an effort to provide science, technology, and math related summer opportunities to students. Continue…