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The Stephen F. Austin State University STEM Research and Learning Center is accepting registration for a weeklong STEM camp for students entering sixth through eighth grade.

During Investigations in Math and Science Academy, or iMAS Academy, students spend the week participating in engaging, hands-on activities designed to help them develop a variety of skills while highlighting the diverse careers available in STEM disciplines.

“iMAS targets middle school students as they’re starting to think about different careers,” said Chaurcley Cook, STEM Research and Learning Center summer faculty. “It stimulates their interest in a field that has job opportunities and gives them career choices to consider.”

Rotating through five different modules led by faculty members and area master teachers, students will design roller coasters, work to solve a crime in a simulated forensic laboratory, design a robot to escape from robot Alcatraz, spend a day nursing patients at a simulated hospital, and use math and chemistry to create a color palette.

“They’re not just seeing one STEM area,” Cook said. “During iMAS, students are exposed to integrated mathematics and science and will participate in different modules throughout the week. It’s really impactful to have these opportunities before entering high school.”

iMAS will be held from 8 a.m. to noon June 25-29 on the SFA campus, Math Building, Room 101. The cost is $100 per attendee and includes materials, snacks, prizes and a T-shirt.

Space is limited to 100 spots, so register today by visiting bit.ly/iMAS2018 or calling (936) 468-5814.

By Joanna Armstrong, senior marketing communications specialist at Stephen F. Austin State University.

A television program written and produced by a Stephen F. Austin State University mass communication faculty member recently received a silver and bronze award during the 39th annual Telly Awards.

Dr. Linda Thorsen Bond wrote and produced the Longmont Channel video, “Hot Time in the Old Town – 1925 Sylvan Supper.” The video received both the Silver Telly Award for the People’s Telly – TV Programs/Segments and Bronze Award in the General-History television category.

The program highlights The Hovers, a prominent family from Longmont, Colorado, who hosted famous suppers at their home, Hoverhome. The suppers illustrated the hope, determination, commitment and success of the Longmont community.

According to Bond, the People’s Telly is especially meaningful because people from across the country voted for the production. The General-History award was judged by experts to be one of the most significant historical productions of the year.

“There’s nothing more fun to me than creating immersive historic events that let people step into the past. It’s an honor to be recognized for my work.”

To learn more information about SFA’s Department of Mass Communication and its faculty members, visit sfasu.edu/masscomm.

By Emily Brown, marketing communications specialist for Stephen F. Austin State University.