NEWS
Club Car’s
STEM Day Inspires Students with
Stimulating Team Focused Learning
Club Car, an Ingersoll-Rand brand, known
globally for manufacturing small-wheel,
zero emissions golf, consumer and utility
vehicles, is delivering an altogether new
vehicle, one intended to inspire and help
educate the next generation workforce.
For five years, Club Car has been collab-
orating with the Georgia Department of
Education (GaDOE) and EdVenture, a not-
for-profit educational institution, to host
“STEM Day at Club Car.”
Club Car hosted 47 local middle school
students from AR Johnson Health Science
and Engineering Magnet School and Guin-
yard Butler Middle School at its Augusta
plant.
Students learned about manufacturing
techniques including how to develop
planes and parachutes’ efficient flight
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paths through a wind tunnel. They also
participated in team-focused educational
activities in the areas of science, technol-
ogy, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
fields.
“It’s inspiring for students to walk the
floor of our manufacturing plant while
it’s in operation and to attend educa-
tional sessions to envision what a future
career path can entail,” said Tyrone Ellis,
vice president, integrated supply chain,
Club Car. “Our employees have embraced
mentoring and are committed to the
students’ future, and even though our
intention is to give back, we are getting so
much from being a part of the program.”
The Club Car’s STEM event is part of a
broader vision of the GaDOE and its
Career, Technical Agricultural Education
(CTAE). Educators like Dr. John Pritchett