The Office of Student Access, Success, and Diversity Initiatives (SASDI) will host 70 Chicago Public Schools students from five STEM highs schools and two military academies for trebuchet building and testing on Saturday, October 18, 2014 in the IIT Tower, Rooms 6C7-1 and 6D6-1. This STEM enrichment event is part of year-long programming for STEM Launch, a collaboration between Illinois Tech, CPS, City Colleges of Chicago, and the United States Navy.

Students will build and test their trebuchets in the IIT Tower. Afterwards, students will head over to the IIT Pumpkin Launch at Ed Glancy Field.