Duke Energy gives WCC $24,048 for Camp Kilowatt
By From staff reports
Published in News on August 2, 2016 1:46 PM
The Duke Energy Foundation has given Wayne Community College $24,048 for its Camp Kilowatt.
This is the eighth year for the camp and the energy company's support of it through a grant to the Foundation of Wayne Community College, officials said.
The four-day summer camp for middle and high school students explores alternative energy as well as STEM, or science, technology, engineering and mathematics, by providing hands-on learning opportunities inside and outside the classroom. This year's camp, which was held earlier in the month on the college's campus in Goldsboro, focused on robotics.
The "N.C. Education Grant" was one of 52 donations given to innovative education programs and initiatives across North Carolina. The Foundation gave more than $2.7 million this year to enhance educational programs and initiatives that focus on STEM and childhood reading proficiency.
"It is essential that next-generation employees have a strong educational foundation that prepares them for the workforce," said David Fountain, Duke Energy's North Carolina president. "Our investments in students and STEM initiatives strengthen the pipeline of highly skilled workers that will lead us to an even smarter future in North Carolina."