College Information & Events
22 June
On Monday Year 9 Damascus College students had the opportunity to take part in the revamped STEAM EXPO, where they learned more about a career in a STEAM career from the experts.
This annual Damascus event promotes careers in Science, Technology, Allied Health, Medicine, Engineering and Maths (STEM), and in 2022 the Visual and Performing Arts learning area joined the event making it a STEAM expo. Damascus believes that art programs are integral to developing students’ higher learning skills and have been proven to increase creativity, improve academic performance, increase motor skills, enhance visual learning, and boost higher decision-making skills. Including the Arts in this STEAM expo showed our students a wider range of future career opportunities which will help them make more informed subject selections in future planning.
Members of the Ballarat community, past students and parents of Damascus College students who are working or studying in STEAM areas were invited back to engage and inspire students about their occupation or field of study.
Students rotated amongst speakers, where they listened, talked, asked questions and completed a worksheet on their experience. Students spent time with six to eight presenters for 10 to 15 minutes each.
This year we welcomed STEAM speakers who are Marketing Directors, Construction Managers, Engineers, Psychologists, Physiotherapists, Research Technicians, Geologists, Midwives, Nurses, Environmental Scientists, Chiropractors, Occupational Therapists and students studying Architecture, Mathematics, Nursing, Biomedical and Mechanical engineering, Forensic Scientists, Sports Science. We thank them all for giving us their valuable time and experience to broaden our student’s understanding of these STEAM fields of study or careers. It is fantastic to see past students return to Damascus to speak to current students about their occupations. The passion and enthusiasm they have for their job is contagious and the students have a greater understanding and appreciation for a breadth of career options.