PSU offers summer camps for kids
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From construction to nature, Pittsburg State University is once again offering a variety of summer fun learning opportunities for youth after putting those programs on hold last summer during the pandemic. COVID-19 mitigation measures will be in place.
Robotics/Construction
The Department of Engineering Technology and School of Construction will offer summer workshops with hands-on experiences for children ages 9 to 14. They are taught by faculty in the College of Technology.
Level I of Robotics camp will be held from 9 a.m. to noon July 12 to 16; Level II will be held 9 a.m. to noon July 19 to 23. Topics to be covered include teamwork, programming, brainstorming, construction techniques, robotic basics and electro-mechanics. Campers will build robots using LEGO Mindstorm and camp will culminate in a competition.
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The Director-General/Chief Executive, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda, has assured that its furniture cluster park, currently under construction at the Industrial Development Centre (IDC), Idu, Abuja, will on completion in 2021, enhance the competitiveness of micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) in the country and boost efforts to diversify the economy.
He pointed out that by design, clusters provide economies of scale by having shared infrastructure and common facility for small businesses, adding that this will have spill off effects on other enterprises.
Speaking during a facility tour of the Furniture Cluster Park Radda said, the project was conceived by the agency in 2017 to among other things, provide a favourable environment for furniture entrepreneurs to thrive.
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