Enfield College Sponsors Free Summer College for Teens

From Asnuntuck Community College:

ENFIELD, CT - Asnuntuck Community College's Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center, for the fifth year held their free Summer College of Technology for Teens program. The program was available to male and female students either entering or just completing 7th or 8th grade. Students learned the various steps in manufacturing, while having a hands-on experience creating a take-home project for themselves. The teens had their face scanned and reproduced on a 3-D printer, they used SolidWorks to design, then 3-D print a metal framework. They also milled a base plate. They learned about electronics when they assembled and soldered electrical components which enabled their final project to light up. The college offered it three different weeks.

Photos 1 and 2 - left to right: Bangjie Zhu; Collin Couillard, Aide; Gavin Steel; Isaiah Thompson; Khadir Zachery, Aide; Amanda Healey; Karl Schletzbaum; Rhiannon Velleman; Konrad Schletzbaum; Quinn Coushaine; Alicia Blanco; Mila Miller.

Photo 3 - left to right: ACC instructor Carole DelVecchio, Rhys Samalus, Michael Samalus, Connor Howley, Ethan Messier, Christ Fortier (Aide), Gavin Messier, Kenny O’Konis, Collin Couillard (Aide).

Photo 4 - left to right: Joshua Hines; Khadir (Zach) Zachery, aide; Henry Greer; Damon Slocumb; Edwin Moore; Jeff Wallace; Rodney Cargill, counselor; Taeshawn Kelly; Jermaine Jackson, counselor. Missing: Dakota Humphries. ACC’s instructor Chris Foster, fourth from the right posed with the students. The students were all from the W.E.B. Dubois Center in Springfield.

Photos by Julie Cotnoir.