Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College and its Workforce Solutions
team have wrapped up Project STEM camps held at Whitesburg and on the Middlesboro
campus. The camps, held for two days, were open to children ages 12-15 and featured
sections on energy, environmental science, physics and mathematics. Over 125 children
from Letcher and Bell counties took part in the camps that were coordinated by Sherri
Clark and Dr. Vic Adams along with Deborah Young, Ron Brunty, Dr. Joe Johnson and
Willie Blechschmidt. Students enjoyed the opportunity to build a bird house, observe
a demonstration of robotics and the utilization of a drone for research through innovative
technologies, and take a tour of an agriculture project and visit a raptor rehabilitation
center. Additionally, students worked in teams to create catapults and delighted as
they shot water-filled balloons across a campus lawn. The event was held in partnership
between the Kentucky Lt. Governors Office, the Kentucky Community and Technical College
System and SKCTCs Whitesburg and Middlesboro campuses.
