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Gavin Doherty with Cormac, Sean and Ciara at the IT Tralee STEM Family Day at the ITT on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
IT Tralee hosted two interesting and very well attended events at the weekend as part of the Kerry Science Festival.
Friday night saw the North Campus host a STEM Enterprise and Career Expo from 6pm-9pm which aimed to connect students, graduates and job seekers with STEM businesses and enterprise from across the County.
Those visiting had a chance to discuss a career in STEM in dedicated one to one sessions with career advisors, while Jonathan McCrea, host of ‘Futureproof’, Newstalk Radio, led a panel discussion on the future of STEM with entrepreneurs from industry and sport.
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Jonathan McCrea, Bríd McElligott (IT Tralee), Cora Creed, Anthony Maher, James Murphy and Helena McMahon (IT Tralee) at the IT Tralee STEM Expo panel discussion on Friday at the ITT. Photo by Dermot Crean
The panel included, Cora Creed from Universal Music NYC; James Murphy CEO Lifes2Good; and Anthony Maher, Kerry Footballer and Wyeth Nutritionals and everyone agreed it was a fascinating discussion.
Saturday saw hundreds of families converge on the college for a STEM Family Showcase day. There was loads to do for kids, from watching fun science experiments, robotics, sampling VR technology and, of course, face-painting and goodie bags.
“We’re covering the whole STEM area of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths here today through various exhibitions,” said IT Tralee Marketing and Enterprise Officer, Sarah Flaherty. “It’s applying science to everyday life. It’s showing kids how science can be incorporated into everything. We have companies from all over the county who work in the area of STEM exhibiting and trying to communicate to children how STEM can be applied to everyday life.” Scroll down for photos…
Caragh McGillycuddy, Miriam McGillycuddy, Eva Kelliher, Laura Mcgillicuddy and Charlotte Kelliher at the IT Tralee STEM Family Day at the ITT on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Sinead Coffey and Tori Horrobin with Maura and Alannah Crossan at the IT Tralee STEM Family Day at the ITT on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Colin and Darragh Murphy at the IT Tralee STEM Family Day at the ITT on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Little Keely Flaherty gets a science lesson from Angelika Starosz as Sarah Flaherty looks on at the IT Tralee STEM Family Day at the ITT on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Getting a good view at the IT Tralee STEM Family Day at the ITT on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Tiernach and Anne Daly at the IT Tralee STEM Family Day at the ITT on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Joe Walsh, IT Tralee, Fergus McLysaght, IT Tralee and Noel Mulligan, STEM Department IT Traleeat the IT Tralee STEM Expo panel discussion on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Cliona Dowling, James Gaffey and Aileen Piagola Gaffey of IT Tralee at the IT Tralee STEM Expo panel discussion on Friday at the ITT. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Jonathan McCrea, Cora Creed, Anthony Maher and James Murphy at the IT Tralee STEM Expo panel discussion on Friday at the ITT. Photo by Dermot Crean
