February 10, 2016

SVSU hosts 2nd annual STEM teachers dinner on Thursday, Feb. 11, 4:30 to 7 p.m. in Curtiss Hall Banquet rooms.

SVSU hosts 2nd annual STEM teachers dinner
Thursday, Feb. 11, 4:30 to 7 p.m.
Curtiss Hall Banquet rooms

Saginaw Valley State University will welcome some 100 K-12 teachers in the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, math) for the 2nd annual STEM teachers dinner Thursday, Feb. 11 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the Curtiss Hall Banquet rooms.

Greg Johnson, science consultant for the Wayne Mathematics and Science Center, will deliver a special presentation on “Engineering in the Michigan Science Standards” as part of the program.

Attendees also will receive an update on the various initiatives SVSU is leading to advance STEM education in the Great Lakes Bay Region and beyond. An estimated 11,000 K-12 students in the region are being taught this year by teachers who participated in STEM professional development experiences offered at SVSU in 2015.

For more information on the event or SVSU’s STEM outreach programs, please contact Adrianne Cole, STEM program manager, at acole@svsu.edu.