Tag: STEM

Michigan Tech Hosts Four Days of SEED Programming in Detroit, Empowering Local Youth Through Environmental Education

More than 50 students and instructors who participated in the SEED program pose together for a photo at a park in Detroit on a bright, sunny day.
SEED, an immersive, place-based STEM summer learning experience led by Michigan Tech, involved more than 100 students in hands-on experience with environmental science and its real-world applications. (Photos courtesy of SEED)

In this guest blog by College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Dean David Flaspohler and Michigan Technological University Vice President for Community Engagement Wayne Gersie, learn more about a program designed to bring Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education to students in an environmental framework that they might not otherwise experience.

Michigan Technological University recently wrapped up an immersive summer learning experience that began with a gathering in the Upper Peninsula and extended to outreach in Detroit.