{"id":58263,"date":"2019-07-19T13:43:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T17:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=58263"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:35","slug":"carletons-virtual-ventures-program-to-celebrate-25th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2019\/carletons-virtual-ventures-program-to-celebrate-25th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton\u2019s Virtual Ventures Program to Celebrate 25th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton\u2019s Virtual Ventures Program to Celebrate 25th Anniversary\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/vv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Ventures<\/a>, an award-winning program offering after school and summer camp opportunities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), will <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/vv\/cu_event\/25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrate 25 years of education and outreach<\/a> at an anniversary barbecue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bringing together former campers, volunteers and staff members, the celebration will include a look at Virtual Ventures through the years, a bouncy castle for children and hands-on STEM activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Saturday, July 27, 2019, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Alumni Park, Carleton University<br>\n<strong>Info<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/vv\/cu_event\/25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration is required<\/a> for this event. A campus map is <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available online<\/a>. Please note the rain location for the celebration will be the Norm Fenn Gym.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media are invited to attend the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of Carleton\u2019s research-intensive <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Faculty of Engineering and Design<\/a>, Virtual Ventures is a not-for-profit organization that offers STEM programs for youth who have completed junior kindergarten up to students in grade 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<br>\n<\/strong>Steven Reid<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718<br>\n613-265-6613<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca\">Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carleton Flipboard account:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@carletonstories\/carleton-stories-0gbu905my\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@carletonstories\/carleton-stories-0gbu905my<\/a><br>\n<strong>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\n<strong>Need an expert?<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Go to:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University\u2019s Virtual Ventures, an award-winning program offering after school and summer camp opportunities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), will celebrate 25 years of education and outreach at an anniversary barbecue. 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