<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/faculty-research/students-bring-joy-stem-ecuador.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>08/17/2023</pubDate><title>Students Bring Joy of STEM to Ecuador</title><excerpt>Westmont engineering students returned to Quito, Ecuador, in May to share their love of science, technology, engineering and math with children in an after-school program. The seven engineering students, Jonny Reitinger, Jonah Swanson, Jacob Bailey, Maria Judy, Elijah Cicileo, Becca Hudson and Tasha Loh, designed and built STEM educational materials to share with the children. They were joined by Dan Jensen, director of Westmont engineering, and a Compassion International representative.</excerpt><author>Scott Craig</author><image>
            
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