Local high school students celebrate engineering day on NAU & AWC campus

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Northern Arizona University and Arizona Western College campuses in Yuma held an engineering day event to expose students to S.T.E.M and engineering degrees.

Several high school students from local schools were invited to the event to tour the campus and participate in robotics, machine building, and engineering activities on campus.

The purpose was to allow students to see what engineering is all about and encourage them to pursue an engineering degree.

"We want students to know that you don't have to leave Yuma for mechanical engineering, that we have a program, a quality, a high quality program here that rivals what NAU Flagstaff, ASU, and U of A is doing," said Biology professor Marley Meza.

The program partners with the two local colleges. Students start with two years at AWC and continue the last two years at NAU.

NAU will also hold a ribbon cutting April 10 for the grand opening of their new mechanical engineering laboratories.