MIMIC Fair at IVCC April 19

The public is welcome to attend the annual Illinois Valley Community College MIMIC Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 19 in room CTC-124.  

MIMIC, Making Industry Meaningful in College, is a nationally recognized program exposing IVCC students to engineering design, electronics and business to design, manufacture, market and sell a product.  

Dorene Data, co-developer of the project, said students emerge from the project with a much better understanding of career fields and of the entire business/industry product development process. 

Student teams, called “companies,” simulate an industrial business structure, allowing students to experience a workplace environment in a classroom setting. This years’ theme “Open House,” features products that can be used around a home.

Products for sale include a pizza cutter, outdoor cup and phone holder, desktop fountain with bamboo, car cord organizer, keychains, chip clip holder, car garbage container, and bat house. 

For information, contact Data at dorene_data@ivcc.edu.