Erin Spencer Archives

Erin Spencer, a graduate student in instructional technology from Rochelle, Ill., helps Caitlin Cassello with measuring while Lauren Feji waits for assistance on her LEGO woodworking project as a part of the one-day STEM Divas summer camp.

Young STEM Divas manufacture visions of cool career paths at camp

July 23, 2015 Mark McGowan Centerpiece, Communiversity, Engagement, Engineering and Engineering Technology, Faculty & Staff, Liberal Arts and Sciences, On Campus

Young girls in florescent pink T-shirts and matching hard hats explored careers in engineering July 21 during NIU’s one-day STEM Divas camp. Led by mechanical engineer Pettee Guerrero, the brilliant budding scientists enjoyed a tour of the Engineering Building and tried their

Formal and informal educators will get to experience hands-on activities that they can easily incorporate into their own classes.

STEAMing It Up: NIU conference offers hot ideas for inspiring K-12 students

July 17, 2015 Gillian King-Cargile Communiversity, Digital Signage, Engagement, Events, Latest News

Robots in the classroom. Science-infused artwork. Digital storytelling. Teachers will learn how to make their classrooms more exciting by adding the arts to STEM to produce STEAM (science, technology, arts, engineering and math) during “STEAMing It Up,” a one-day conference at NIU’s