STEM Articles

• Hawkeye Community College Board of Trustees Set March Date for $35 Million Bond Referendum

  posted 11/30/2022

  Funds from the bond would be used to renovate and expand existing college facilities for skilled trades and apprenticeship programs, law enforcement training, and STEM education.

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• Hawkeye Community College installs robotic mower for student program

  posted 6/10/2020

  The students are learning more about an evolving industry with the help of technology.

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• Research scientist keynotes Diversity in STEM Conference

  posted 3/28/2019

  The Diversity in STEM Conference will be held 8:30am-2:30pm Friday (March 29) in Tama Hall.

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• Hawkeye Community College to Host Diversity in STEM Conference March 29

  posted 3/4/2019

  Keynote speaker is author and former NASA scientist Kantis Simmons.

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• East Graduate, MIT Professor Keynotes Diversity in STEM Conference

  posted 3/27/2018

  Diversity here refers to bringing more ethnic minorities and females into the male-dominated STEM fields. Both high school and college students are encouraged to attend along with educators, manufacturers and other employers as well as any interested community members.

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• Hawkeye Community College to Host FIRST® LEGO® League Event on December 3

  posted 11/27/2017

  The qualifying event will include teams from Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Grundy Center, Denver, Evansdale, Allison, Dysart, La Porte City, and Jesup.

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• Hawkeye Gives High Schoolers Dramatic Introduction to Health Careers

  posted 11/20/2017

  It was a dramatic, hands-on approach to introduce the students to health careers they can train for at the college. They followed the two victims of the crash, “Johnny” and “Chester,” during the morning-long event as they were helped by paramedics, respiratory therapists, nurses, medical lab technicians, occupational and physical therapists, and dental professionals.

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• Hawkeye Community College Offering Free Robotics Class

  posted 6/6/2017

  Robots are the future of manufacturing. The skills to program robots are in high-demand and those with these skills are compensated very well.

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