The Deaf Studies program, under the direction of Dr. Janice Smith-Warshaw and Dr. Serena Johnson, recently partnered with the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology to host a STEM Camp at Fresno State.
A total of 25 deaf and hard of hearing high school students from around the San Joaquin Valley region participated in the weeklong camp, where they learned about professions in the STEM field, such as horticulture, solar energy, agriculture, food science and engineering.
Students were involved in career awareness classes focused on work-based learning experiences and tours of on-campus labs, including the creamery and dairy processing lab, the solar panel structure, the International Center for Water Technology, the Water, Energy, and Technology Center, and the Downing Planetarium. The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center of Fresno and the California Department of Vocational Rehabilitation also sponsored the camp.
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