Lenape District Hosting STEM Career Night On March 25

High school students from throughout Southern New Jersey will have the opportunity to hear from and pose questions to everyone from an electrical engineer in the United States Navy to a clinical researcher at a biopharmaceutical company at Lenape Regional High School District’s 3rd Annual STEM Career Nighton Wednesday, March 25, at Lenape High School from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Students are invited to explore a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) career paths with presenters from a range of fields. No pre-registration or fee is required to attend.

Professionals in STEM careers will provide insights and field questions about their jobs in this unique opportunity for students to investigate STEM-related career paths and determine if their educational interests match their choice of career. Presenters will discuss why they chose their careers, job requirements, the professional rewards and challenges they face, their “typical day” on the job, the opportunities for advancement within their fields, and more.

The event will include presentations from and a Q&A session with:

• Senior manager — clinical research at emergent bio solutions
• Instructional assistant at Burlington county college
• Branch head, DDG 51 class machinery control systems
• Principal environmental engineer at Paulsboro refining company
• Director of rehabilitation at Marlton rehabilitation hospital
• Senior sales engineer at municipal maintenance company
• Associate professor of physical therapy at the university of sciences in Philadelphia
• Engineering director at OPEX corporation
• Fire protection engineer at Bristol-Myers Squibb

STEM is interdisciplinary in nature as it blends the application of concepts from four of the fastest growing fields. According to Project Lead the Way, a non-profit organization that is the leading provider of STEM education curriculum programs in schools across the nation, the U.S. Department of Commerce estimates that jobs in STEM will grow 17 percent by 2018. However, by the same year, there will be 1.2 million unfilled STEM jobs because there will not be enough qualified workers to fill them.

This event is open to high school students interested in exploring a career in applied science, technology, engineering, and/or a mathematics related field.