DANBURY, CONN. — Using their innovative and creative skills, 177 Danbury school students will gather at Western Connecticut State University next week to vie for the spots at this year’s Connecticut Invention Convention.

This is the first year that the city’s public schools will hold a Danbury Invention Convention from 3:30 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, at the university’s Westside Campus Center Ballroom, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. Students from Great Plain, Pembroke, Shelter Rock and Stadley Rough elementary schools and Rogers Park Middle School. Approximately 25 of those students will be selected to present their inventions at the CIC, held May 14 in Storrs, Conn.

The public is invited to view the inventions at the Danbury competition from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Judging and announcement of the winners will be between 5:30 and 6 p.m.

For more information, contact the Office of University Relations at (203) 837-8486.

Western Connecticut State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York. Our vision: To be an affordable public university with the characteristics of New England’s best small private universities.