STEMlogoJamestown (CSi) Jamestown will host the AAUW Tech Savvy Event on January 5th, 2015. The day-camp is held for girls in grades 7-8 to encourage and develop career interests in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in an effort to overcome a history of limited participation by women in these career fields.

The event will be held at the University of Jamestown.

Tech Savvy will impact approximately 220 girls through hands-on STEM workshops.

STEM, Tech Savvy also includes an important program for parents, with the component encouraging families to reinforce the girls’ interest in STEM.

Also on January 5, 2015, young men in grades 7 and 8, may attend a STEMtastic event at Jamestown Middle School in partnership with the Great Plains STEM

Education Center.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, the JSDC’s Vice President of Economic Development, Holly Milller added that another workforce project in cooperation with NDSU involves a four week teacher internship with businesses.

She said two business in Jamestown are being sought.

Contact her at the JSDC office at 252-6861 for more information.