Jan 10, 2021
Jan 10, 2021
MONTGOMERY â Children in the Upper Kanawha Valley will soon have the opportunity to explore the burgeoning field of robotics thanks to a recent $10,000 grant from Truist Foundation to BridgeValley Community and Technical College.
The grant is targeted for BridgeValleyâs makerspace called The GRID, an area designed to encourage creativity and collaboration in crafts, coding and more.
Specifically, the grant will fund BVCTCâs VEX Robotics program that encourages and cultivates coding skills in elementary, middle and high school students. Students will learn to design, build and operate robots in camps and after-school programs. The grant will also support BVCTCâs three robotics competition teams (two middle school-aged, and one high school-aged) to participate in local, state and national robotics competitions. The robotics instructor has taken several teams to state competitions in the past.
How COVID-19 Is Impacting People of Color in Every State
By Charlotte LoBuono, Stacker News
On 12/19/20 at 8:30 AM EST
COVID-19 has disproportionately affected communities of color across the United States because of social inequalities and inequalities in the health care system that have existed for a long time.
Minorities are more likely than whites to lack health insurance and have less access to health care. And some people of color may be more distrustful of the health care system. People of color are also more likely than whites to have underlying health conditions such as hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, and obesity that predispose them to complications from COVID-19.