What: California State University, Los Angeles to hold its annual Summer Transportation Institute, a two-week program to introduce promising Los Angeles-area high school students to career opportunities in the transportation and aviation industries.
When: July 7 – July 19, 2014, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Popsicle-Stick Bridge Challenge: Friday, July 18, 10 a.m., in E&T C163.
Where: Cal State L.A.’s Engineering & Technology building classrooms. The University is located at the Eastern Avenue exit, San Bernardino (I-10) Freeway, at the interchange of 10 and 710 Freeways. For a campus map and directions: /univ/maps/index.php
More: The Summer Transportation Institute includes field trips to a transportation agency and the Flabob Airport in Riverside; engineering projects that promote hands-on learning and teamwork; guest speakers who will discuss their work and answer questions from students; and numerous on-campus educational activities.
Info: For more information on the summer institute, call the Cal State L.A. Civil Engineering Department at (323) 343-4450. To arrange for photos or interviews, please contact the Cal State L.A. Communications and Public Affairs office at (323) 343-3050.
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Working for California: California State University, Los Angeles is at the heart of a major metropolitan city, just five miles from Los Angeles’ civic and cultural center. More than 20,000 students and 235,000 alumni—with a wide variety of interests, ages and backgrounds—reflect the city’s dynamic mix of populations. Six Colleges offer nationally recognized science, arts, business, criminal justice, engineering, nursing, education and humanities programs, among others, led by an award-winning faculty. Cal State L.A. is home to the critically-acclaimed Luckman Jazz Orchestra and to the Honors College for high-achieving students. Programs that provide exciting enrichment opportunities to students and community include an NEH-supported humanities center; a NASA-funded center for space research; and a forensic science program, housed in the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center.
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