Hands-on activities such as creating commemorative coins with a CNC machine, controlling robots, tinkering with snap circuits, piloting a flight simulator and launching stomp rockets plus lots of food and drink
Students, staff and faculty at Yavapai College’s Technical Education Center are hosting the next in a series of distinct 50th anniversary celebrations on Saturday, September 29. The College reports that the “celebration aims to enlighten the community about the variety of career training opportunities CTEC offers, as well as dazzle techies and the technically challenged alike with unique activities and displays.”
Attendees can explore such hands-on activities as creating commemorative coins with a CNC machine, controlling robots, tinkering with snap circuits, piloting a flight simulator and launching stomp rockets. Food trucks, a kids zone, live music with the Crown Kings, a corn hole contest, a beer garden, a car show and a drone obstacle course are also on tap.
All activities are free and all are welcome. CTEC is located at 220 Ruger road in Prescott. The College says that a detailed CTEC celebration schedule is available on the college’s anniversary website: 50th.yc.edu.