Planting the Seeds of Tomorrow: NIWC Atlantic's Summer STEM Camps Launched Hampton Roads Students 'To the Moon and Back'
Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic recently concluded its highly anticipated annual summer STEM – science, technology, engineering and math – camps, once again inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers and tech pioneers in the Hampton Roads area. Spanning five action-packed days from July 20-24, the program featured the intensive, four-day STEM Academy followed immediately by the high-energy, one-day STEM Rocks! camp, offering local middle schoolers a tuition-free, immersive dive into the cutting edge of technology. Hosted at Tidewater Community College’s (TCC) Chesapeake Campus, this year’s camps took on an ambitious and timely theme: "To the Moon and Back."
Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic recently concluded its highly anticipated annual summer STEM – science, technology, engineering and math – camps, once again inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers and tech pioneers in the Hampton Roads area. Spanning five action-packed days from July 20-24, the program featured the intensive, four-day STEM Academy followed immediately by the high-energy, one-day STEM Rocks! camp, offering local middle schoolers a tuition-free, immersive dive into the cutting edge of technology. Hosted at Tidewater Community College’s (TCC) Chesapeake Campus, this year’s camps took on an ambitious and timely theme: "To the Moon and Back."