
Advanced Learning
Spring Break is not a Break from Learning at the Institute
Area students in grades three through eight attended one of two camps offered at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research this week. The camps highlighted STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) with a focus on agriculture.

Advanced Learning
STEM-H Education & Industry Achievement Award Recipients Honored
Regional educators and industry leaders were honored by their peers as nominees and/or award recipients of the 2017 SOVA STEM-H Education & Industry Achievement awards. The awards were presented at the 5th Annual Southern Virginia STEM-H Summit on March 2 at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research.

Advanced Learning
Advanced Learning
The Institute serves as the host site for two dual enrollment programs serving students in grades eleven and twelve in Danville and Pittsylvania County Public Schools. The Academy for Engineering and Technology (AET) is a partnership with New College Institute and Virginia State University serving 43 students with an emphasis on engineering.

Advanced Learning
Gene Haas Center for Integrated Machining
The Gene Haas Center for Integrated Machining is a progressive precision machining training model that answers industry expressed needs for a highly skilled 21st century workforce. The program is a partnership between the Institute and Danville Community College (DCC).

Advanced Learning
Gene Haas Center for Integrated Machining Received $45,000
The Gene Haas Foundation presented Danville Community College (DCC) and the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) with two checks totaling $45,000.

Advanced Learning
Chemistry Lessons
Piedmont Governor’s School for Mathematics, Science and Technology (PGS) students in Susan Propst’s chemistry class recently developed interactive science lessons for 70 third grade students from Park Avenue Elementary School in collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research.