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The college’s new Bay Pines STEM Center<\/a> served as the home for Dr. Erin Goergen’s inaugural STEM by the Bay Conference<\/a>, held in January.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The first day of the event, attendees had the opportunity to attend a variety of concurrent sessions, a working lunch, and panel of professionals session. After lunch, student posters were presented.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Saturday was filled with a variety\u00a0 of hands-on STEM workshops ranging from Citizen Science to Drones, Arduino and Biostatics. The weekend culminated in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service project. Nearly 50 participants helped install a native plant garden along the perimeter of the building. Additionally, the group partnered with Keep Pinellas Beautiful<\/a> and helped to remove a total of 3,260 pounds of trash and 25 pounds of aluminum from the STEM Center property!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\"Highlights<\/a> \"Highlights<\/a> \"Highlights<\/a> \"Highlights<\/a><\/p>\n

Inaugural STEM by the Bay Conference<\/h5>\n

Organizers designed the conference – set for January 12, 13, and 15 – to allow students to meet with STEM professionals and learn how they entered their chosen fields and to get\u00a0 hands-on experience while exploring what areas were a best fit for them.<\/p>\n

Bay Pines STEM Center<\/h5>\n

The center is dedicated to supporting collaboration and training opportunities for students in STEM disciplines. Science labs at the center are dedicated to Dr. John Chapin<\/a>. The retired dean of natural sciences at the college, he passed away in February 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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