MSU Extension Seeks Science, Tech Mentors for At-Risk Youth in Macomb
MSU Extension is bringing the 4-H Tech Wizards youth mentoring program to Macomb County and needs adult volunteers with experience in science, math, engineering or technology fields to serve as mentors.
The Spartans have arrived in Macomb and they’re looking for adults in STEM professions who are willing to vounteer their time as mentors for at-risk and military youth throughout the county. Having successfully established the 4-H Tech Wizards program in Wayne and Ottawa counties last year, Michigan State University Extension, with funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, is expanding the program to Macomb and Oakland counties this year. A national 4-H Program of Distinction, 4-H Tech Wizards is a mentoring program that matches professionals from the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) with at-risk or military youth. The mentors are screened and trained to work with groups of …
Jenny Whalen
2:41 pm on Thursday, June 7, 2012
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