WHAT:  Hard hats are not typically required at summer camp – and that's just one unique aspect of MAGIC Summer Camp. Area high school students – all girls – will attend the MAGIC (Mentoring a Girl in Construction) event from Monday, June 9 – Friday, June 13 at Gwinnett Technical College. Now in its second year, the camp is sponsored by the Sugarloaf Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) to introduce high school girls to the opportunities available to them in the construction industry.

 
Gwinnett Tech will host instructors from Maxwell High School of Technology and journey level tradeswomen to teach safety, carpentry, electrical and welding skills during the free week-long program.  At the end of the week, campers will take home a lamp, toolbox and other projects they make.  They will also participate in a field trip to an active construction site to see how the skills they are studying are implemented in the field.
 

WHO:

• High school girls, rising ninth to twelfth graders
• National Association of Women in Construction members
• Maxwell High School of Technology instructors
• Dr. John Carter and Dr. Fran Carter, the founding president and executive director the American Rosie the Riveter Association (Monday, 10:30 am)
• Tamie Taylor, president, National Association of Women in Construction (Friday, 1 pm)

WHEN:             8 am - 3:30 pm, Monday, June 9 – Friday, June 13

WHERE:           Gwinnett Technical College, 5150 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville, 30043
 

Schedule:

• Mon., June 9 – Safety & A History of NAWIC and Women in Construction, Bldg. 100, Room 935
• Tues., June 10 – Carpentry, Bldg.100, Lab 931
• Wed., June 11 – HVAC, Bldg. 100, Lab 816
• Thurs., June 12 – Welding, Bldg. 100, Lab 828
• Fri., June 13 – Field Trip and Closing Ceremony, 11:30 am, Bldg. 100, Room 707

 
Attending media please contact Dana Urrutia, 770-296-1732, for campus access details. Media visitors register at welcome desk in Building 100.

Gwinnett Tech offers an associate of applied science degree in both residential and commercial construction management, and diploma and/or certificate options in air conditioning technology, carpentry, cabinetmaking, welding and joining technology, machine tool technology and in other construction specialties. Call 770-962.7580 or visit www.gwinnetttech.edu for full program information.

About Gwinnett Technical College
Gwinnett Technical College, one of Georgia's largest technical colleges, offers more than 45 associate's degree, diploma, and certificate programs and hundreds of seminars and workshops offering specialized training each quarter. The college is also the county's largest single provider of corporate training programs. Gwinnett Tech is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.