More than 600 High School Students to Attend March 13 Conference Highlighting Careers in Technology

SALT LAKE CITY, March 4, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 600 high school students will converge at the Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) South City Campus on March 13, 2014, to learn more about careers in technology. With the campus' new Center for Arts and Media as a focal point, students will learn about careers in technology in workshops with names like "Anyone Can Code," "Girls Gone Tech," and "Game Programming: Math, Myths, and Careers." SLCC's new Center features courses, degrees and certificates in the digital arts, including TV, film, radio, music, sound and lighting technologies and animation. Conference presenters include EA Games, SpyHop and the Women Tech Council.

The DigiForge Student Technology Conference is organized by the DigiForge Advisory Board, an industry-education partnership and the Wasatch Front Consortium, a public Career and Technical Education organization. Partners collaborate to provide current technology opportunities for region students. More information is available at http://wasatchfront.org/. 

"I have young children, and I want to do everything I can to help improve the education system," said DigiForge chair Pat Wright. "Technology is the key to the future."

Contact:
Patricia Isom, DigiForge Director
[email protected]
(801) 957-5807 

SOURCE Wasatch Front Consortium

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