The 2nd iD8 all AA girls Hackathon at the University of Southern Mississippi will be offered April 12-13. The event is co-sponsored by Craig Newmark Philanthropies and the University of Southern Mississippi.
Sign up your team of four here - https://id8hackathon2019.eventbrite.com/
The annual Mississippi VEX Robotics State Championship will be held on USM's Hattiesburg campus March 1 - 2, where more than 700 elementary, middle and high school students from across the state will compete to go to the World Championship. https://news.usm.edu/article/usm-ready-host-robotics-state-championship-march-1-2
Register here for the competition. High school teams of 4 compete for the grande prize 3D printers for each team member at the Hattiesburg Mini Make Faire. https://forms.usm.edu/eaglemakerhub/view.php?id=17226
In an effort to increase interest and diversity in technology fields and computer science, The University of Southern Mississippi and Craig Newmark Philanthropies have organized their first- ever Women in Technology speaking tour, which will reach more than 750 high school girls across Mississippi between Jan. 25 and Feb. 22. Read more …
Southern Miss welcomed 80 JROTC cadets from Jackson, Mississippi and Mobile, Alabama for our 3rd annual STEM Invitational. Future leaders learning cybersecurity, coding, digital fabrication, Linux, Raspberry pis, hearing General Blount, Juanita Ward, and more.
The University of Southern Mississippi today announced that they will be hosting 132 robotics teams in the Mississippi VEX Robotics State Championship on March 2-3, 2018 at USM’s Payne Center. This tournament will showcase elementary, middle and high school students from across the state in an educational competitive robotics program. These competitors have been building, programming, and driving their robots at local and regional competitions throughout Mississippi to advance to this state championship, and they are ready to show off their engineering and programming knowledge. The competition also focuses on teamwork, communication, and keeping students engaged in hands-on technology challenges that build their interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Winning teams from this competition will advance to the 2018 VEX Robotics World Championship in April in Louisville, KY where more than 1,400 of the best VEX competition teams from around the world will compete.
If you would like more information about this event, please contact Jennifer Richardson by phone at (601) 859-6847 ext. 1038 or by email at jrichardson@madison-schools.com.
iD8 "Magnificent Thing” maker competition for Mississippi high school students. Event is hosted by the University of Southern Mississippi's School of Computing and will be held during the Hattiesburg Maker Faire. Great prizes for the winners! Details: iD8create.org
iD8: H4D for JROTC - 80 cadets will be immersed in cybersecurity and coding a USM's Hattiesburg campus and Camp Shelby.
1st Annual Conference - WISE: Women in Science & Engineering at Southern Miss
Save-The-Date April 7-8 Hattiesburg Hackathon for African-American girls at the University of Southern Mississippi.
USM + STEM + JROTC - A two-day event in Hattiesburg for cadets from Mobile, AL and Jackson Mississippi.
