17吃瓜

17吃瓜 is one of the latest universities to join SHAD (shad.ca), an award-winning national enrichment program that brings top high school students from across Canada to 16 university campuses across the country every July. The first SHAD 17吃瓜 program will take place from July 1-27, 2018, and we will be hosting 48 students with diverse interests in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) and entrepreneurship. A keystone feature of the program is the Design-Entrepreneurship (DE) project, which requires participants to work in teams to design a new product that solves a problem corresponding with a centrally chosen theme. During the four weeks, SHADs participate in a jam-packed schedule with lectures, workshops, recreation, and DE project time. We鈥檙e looking for faculty, staff, students and community leaders, who are interested in helping with SHAD 17吃瓜. Commitments can be small or large: delivering a seminar on a relevant topic that you鈥檙e passionate about; leading a workshop or tour; mentoring the students on their DE projects for a few hours over the course of the program; or living in residence with the students as a paid member of the SHAD team. If you鈥檙e interested in finding out more about the opportunities, please join us for an information session, or contact Kaaren May, Program Co-Director, at kmay@upei.ca. You could also visit upei.ca/shad for the latest updates.