DAHLGREN, Va. - Isha Renta, guest speaker at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) 2015 Hispanic Heritage Observance, tells the audience about her science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) student outreach that includes the arts. "I'm a very strong advocate of STEM and a very strong advocate of arts," said Renta, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration meteorologist. "STEM gives you critical thinking, problem solving, persistence, collaboration and curiosity. Arts give you social development and the creativity you need for problem solving, academi
DAHLGREN, Va. - Isha Renta, guest speaker at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) 2015 Hispanic Heritage Observance, tells the audience about her science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) student outreach that includes the arts. "I'm a very strong advocate of STEM and a very strong advocate of arts," said Renta, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration meteorologist. "STEM gives you critical thinking, problem solving, persistence, collaboration and curiosity. Arts give you social development and the creativity you need for problem solving, academic performance and critical thinking. The arts also give you intellectual development for your curiosity and out-of-the-box thinking for the problem solving part of STEM. They are not mutually exclusive - they actually go together. And when they go together, you get magic." ( Navy photo by Patrick Dunn/Released)
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