PC sharing the love with STEMinar

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Nine students from Patronis Elementary School showed off their FIRST Lego League robot designs to Navy scientists and engineers March 6 during Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City’s (NSWCPC) inaugural STEMinar event. NSWCPC hosts STEMinar to encourage staff to get engaged with the various local outreach programs, according to Paige George, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) outreach program manager. NSWCPC has one of the highest concentrations of advanced degrees in science and technology in NW Florida, and volunteering is a “great way to give back to the community and share their love of science and engineering,” she said. In addition to the FIRST Lego League demonstration, the STEMinar hosted presentations from SeaPerch, Marine Advanced Technology Education, STEM in a Box, Scientist@School, Invention Convention, Sub Club, STEM Camp, and Science Squad. NSWCPC established its STEM Outreach Office specifically to address the decline in American students earning science and engineering degrees. (Source: NSWCPC 03/07/19)