Sharing Pathways to Success and Leadership

Throughout the year, our Barb City STEAM Team students engage in a variety of different projects both on campus an in the community. This January and February we have been given the tremendous gift of DeKalb leaders sharing their stories with our students. Each week we have arranged for one or two volunteers to come to campus who work with our students. Each leader is putting their own personal spin on a presentation and activity to engage with our middle schoolers.

We have partners from local area businesses, leadership organizations, community service organizations, and campus leaders who have volunteered to share their time and talents with us. So far, we have worked with members of NIU’s Edible Campus, as well as a local barber. In the coming days our kids will learn from a Nestle transportation manager, a FNBO mortgage broker, a NIU police detective, a local family service agency board member, and more. A very sincere thank you to everyone who has volunteered to work with us!

Stay tuned for future updates! Our students will create sound clips about what they’ve learned about leadership that will be shared on our weekly Sound of Science series on Northern Public Radio.