Science Rocks! is a free summer camp for middle-school students. Participants get to do exciting projects in biology, chemistry, and geology (with a focus on health-related issues). There are also activities in physics including building and launching rockets. All activities are led by IU Kokomo science faculty with help from student teaching assistants.

Robots created by students from 21 Indiana schools competed for objects on a simulated planet, bying for the inaugural Rover League Championship on the IU Kokomo campus. Approximately 200 students grade 7 - 12 designed, built, progrmmed and oprerated robots tocompete in the Rover Ruckus simulated planet exploration.  The tournament provides students thte oopportunity to how their technical skills, and encourage students inclined towards STEM field.s

The IU Kokomo School of Education and the School of Sciences partnered to bring STEM acivities to students from Elwood Haynes Elementry and Boulevard STEM Elementary Schools. Funded by a $20K Duke Energy grant, this program on the IU Kokomo campus served 244 students with 188 adults also in attendance.

The purpose of the event was to engage students and families in hands-on, fun learning activities in the STEM disciplines.

The program is designed to develop awareness and facilitate the transition of high school students with disabilities into postsecondary education, to increase the success rate and retention of freshman students with disabilities at Indiana University Kokomo, and to improve career counseling and job placement services for students with disabilities.

Guest speakers address topics related to accessibility. The Luncheon is attended by school counselors, special education teachers, general education teacher, school administrators, and other education professionals. For the last two years, we have opened this luncheon to include parents and potential students.

For several years the IU Kokomo Observatory has hosted thousands of visitors. Activities vary depending upon age group, time of day, etc. For example, during night time visits, we observe whatever is up that night. We always hope vistors can see the Moon. For daytime visits for P-12 students we observe the Sun with a solar filter on the Takahashi telescope which allows them to see sunspots and also use a hydrogen-alpha solar telescope that shows active regions on the Sun.

The goal is to increase student interest in STEM education and the potential that IUK has to offer them.

School groups visit campus and participate in a planned curriculum of activities, tours, and presentations. The goal is to introduce the idea of going to college to the younger students and provide experiential activities for older students who are thinking about going to college and what might interest them.

Gloria Preece, a faculty member at Indiana University Kokomo's School of Business, will provide two series of financial literacy workshops this fall at the Carver Community Center in Kokomo. The first workshop series, designed for entrepreneurs and owners of small businesses, will focus on the financial considerations of small, for-profit and not-for-profit operations. The second workshop series is dedicated to family literacy, offering guidance on household budgeting, banking, managing big expenses, and other topics.

With funding from Indiana University's Regional Economic Development (RED) Fund, Dr. Preece worked with Carver's assistant director, Martha Warner, to design workshops that would address the most pressing financial issues among business owners and families in Carver's neighborhood. They chose Tuesdays in September for the small business workshops and Tuesdays in October for the family literacy classes. 

Following each class, participants will have an opportunity to work directly with Dr. Preece while enjoying an informal dinner of pizza. To allow parents to focus on the content of the workshops, Carver Center employees will provide childcare for those taking the classes. 

Gloria Preece is an expert in family financial literacy and worked in private industry in marketing and business management prior to joining the faculty at IU Kokomo. Martha Warner, in addition of her role at the Carver Community Center, is an adjunct instructor on IU's Kokomo campus.