Five pharmacy students spent Sunday afternoon with School of Pharmacy Dean, Elena Umland, interacting with children at the Schenectady Jewish Community Center STEMfest 2026.
The annual event is designed to spark curiosity, creativity and learning of technology, engineering and mathematics festival in children ages 3-11. The event featured more than 20 interactive STEM activity stations, giving children a chance to explore concepts through play, experimentation, problem-solving and discovery.
PharmD candidates Jonathan Santosh, Hector Rivera, Josue Colon, Alana Santiago Gomez and Kelly Nhan engaged with attendees using an interactive board designed to help people identify candy vs medication. They also interacted with the kids using pharmacy coloring pages, word finds, and an activity showing how much sugar is in common foods/ drinks.
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