Ingalls awards STEM grants

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Schools along the Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana coast will get nearly $110,000 in Ingalls Shipbuilding grants for science, technology, engineering and mathematics lessons in their classrooms. Ingalls awarded 26 grants at a Pascagoula shipyard ceremony this morning. In five years the company has awarded nearly $430,000 in grants to area schools. It hopes to see a return on the investment in the future in the form of qualified, dependable employees. The grants will fund items such as robotics kits and competitions, science labs and equipment. (Source: Mississippi Press, 01/25/13)