Events Calendar
2025 Educational Camps - Automotive Camp
This 3-day camp helps students gain hands-on experience with electric and hybrid vehicles, build an electric motor, learn the basics of gas engines ''including setting the engine up on a test stand and making it run! Participants will also work with cutting-edge diagnostic tools. This camp is for students entering 9th-12th grades. Camp is held at the Calhoun Community College Automotive Technology Center at the Decatur Campus.
2025 Educational Camps - Precision Machining Camp #1
This intensive five-day camp provides students with practical hands-on exposure to the world of CNC machining, part design, and modeling. Participants will have the opportunity to learn fundamental CNC programming skills, including tasks such as configuring tool offsets, setting up machines, and operating CNC equipment safely and proficiently. Additionally, students will be introduced to the use of precision measuring tools. This camp is designed to cater to students entering grades 9 through 12 and takes place at the Advanced Technology Center on the Decatur Campus of Calhoun Community College. The Chamber's Educational Camp programs feature hands-on and interactive environments where students receive training and exposure to careers of the future. Automotive, Cyber, Healthcare, Precision Machining and SWeETy camps will be the featured programs for 2025, along with the potential of others added based on the needs of our workforce community. The audience will include high school students and education leadership teams in Decatur-Morgan County.
