WSU and STEMpact2020 design outreach program for engaging young coders WSU and STEMpact2020 design outreach program for engaging young coders

Coding professionals will work with students on computer programs from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at the National Center for Aviation Training, Room M165 (4004 N. Webb Road). Participants will be available for interviews between 2:40-3 p.m. Media are welcome to attend.

Wichita State University's College of Engineering is partnering with STEMpact2020 to launch a free new outreach program designed to identify and engage gifted, young coders in a program that allows them to build their skills by working side-by-side with professional software developers, web developers and computer scientists.

During the three-hour session, mentors will work with the youth to tackle a coding problem, with kids and mentors dividing into four groups to code in four different languages -- Java, Python, C# and JavaScript.
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Contact: Polly Basore, strategic communications officer, College of Engineering, 316-993-8802 or polly.basore@wichita.edu.