Another step

Sigh. My boys are growing up. I know this. I do. :) I'm working on embracing this and savoring the moments...to that end, I'll record here that Nathan and I took Noah to the CSU Engineering Exploration Day last Saturday. It was a free day to introduce high school students to the departments and careers of engineering. (Hooray for people in our homeschooling group who alerted me to the opportunity!)

We began with an introduction to the school of engineering in general...with discussion about admissions and internships and housing and such...

This was followed by sessions specific to different departments. Noah chose to go to the overview sessions for chemical & biological engineering, mechanical engineering and electrical & computer engineering. Noah decided he's probably more interested in the latter two on that list but continues to keep all options open (yes, including studies that aren't engineering). 

After that, we were invited to a free lunch by the Diversity Programs in Engineering student group and did a mini walking tour of our own...

(Doesn't Noah look thrilled? lol) Then we sat in on a panel of students discussing the Cooperative Education Program, which was pretty exciting with regard to the possibilities and opportunity.

And then we called it a day and decided that we still have plenty of time to decide on things like college and majors. But. When we do get to that point, we'll be a little better prepared. :)