Free fun: Scholarships are available to cover full camp tuition
Robots, semiconductors, nanotechnology – mixed with fun: Questar III BOCES, in partnership with the Tech Valley Career Pathways Consortium, will again offer two very popular summer day-camps for local high school students. The camps are open to young people of all abilities, interests and talents, and scholarships are available to cover camp tuition.
From July 12-15, students entering grades 9-11 in the fall can attend SEMI High Tech U, an action-packed, four-day journey into high-tech careers that is being cosponsored by the Center for Economic Growth, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, NEATAC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and NYSUT. SEMI High Tech U campers will venture to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Schenectady County Community College, and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany. Led by high-tech professionals, SEMI High Tech U campers will engage in exciting, hands-on activities, working as teams to create products and solve problems, while also finding the fun in math, science and technology.
From July 25-29, Questar III teams up with Union College to offer students entering grades 9-12 in September 2011 the popular Build a Better Robot camp. In the college’s labs and classrooms, campers will learn to construct and program in Basic as they take a box of parts and transform it into a working robot. The camp also includes sessions on robotics in general, and demonstrations of robots developed at Union College. The week culminates in an exhibition for parents and the public at the Schenectady Museum where students will showcase their robots.
Students must be recommended by a school counselor or teacher to be considered for enrollment in the camps, and they should apply for scholarships to cover tuition costs. Meals are not included, and space is limited at all Career Pathways camps. Register online at old.questar.org/summercamp.
The Tech Valley Career Pathways Consortium is a partnership between Questar III, Capital Region BOCES, SUNY Cobleskill, Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson Valley Community College, Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES, Schenectady County Community College. The Consortium is developing programs in green technologies, advanced manufacturing systems, nanotechnology and bioscience at both the high school and college levels.
The Consortium also works to improve the connection between other career and technical education programs taught at the high school level with degree programs offered at local colleges. The Tech Valley Career Pathways Consortium along with its members advises students, parents, employees and the general public that it offers employment and educational opportunities without regard to gender, race, color, national origin or disability.
