The annual Illinois Valley Community College MIMIC Fair is on April 19, 2023, from 9 AM to 2 PM in room CTC-124 and the public is invited to attend. MIMIC, Making Industry Meaningful in College, is a nationally recognized program exposing IVCC students to engineering design, electronics and business to design, manufacture, market and sell a product. Dorene Data, co-developer of the project, said students emerge from the project with a much better understanding of career fields and of the entire business/industry product development process.
Student teams, called “companies,” simulate an industrial business structure, allowing students to experience a workplace environment in a classroom setting. This years’ theme “Open House,” features products that can be used around a home. Products for sale include a pizza cutter, outdoor cup and phone holder, desktop fountain with bamboo, car cord organizer, keychains, chip clip holder, car garbage container, and bat house.
For information, contact Data at [email protected].
