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Stutzman Excited to Announce Congressional App Challenge Participation

Fort Wayne, IN – U.S. Congressman Marlin Stutzman is proud to announce the Third District will be participating in the 3rd Annual Congressional App Challenge (CAC), an app designing competition for high school students. This challenge gives high school students the opportunity to challenge themselves and showcase their work to major companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Intel among others.

The submission period for the CAC runs through November 2, 2016  nationwide. Winners will be selected by panels of local judges, and honored by their Member of Congress. Most excitingly, their apps will be featured on a display in the Capitol building, which is visited by about 5 million people each year. Not only is this a great opportunity to display and practice your coding and creation skills, it would be a phenomenal addition to your resume.

The CAC was created because Congress recognized that Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) skills are essential for economic growth and innovation, and that the U.S. has been falling behind on these fronts. STEM occupations are projected to grow in the coming years and the U.S. may experience a shortage of workers with STEM skills. To maintain American competitiveness, it’s crucial that the United States invests in our youth now and helps them acquire these necessary STEM-based skills. The CAC highlights and encourages students to pursue those skills as they are and will be extremely marketable in the future.
 
For further information about the Congressional App Challenge, please visit http://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/ Interested students can also contact Kathie Green at Kathie.Green@mail.house.gov or by calling her at (260) 424-3041.