{"id":9,"date":"2025-01-04T06:01:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T06:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micsymposium.org\/mics2025\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-01-04T06:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T06:01:50","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/micsymposium.org\/mics2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to MICS 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium (MICS) is a regional conference dedicated to providing an educational experience to students and instructors at higher education institutions. The conference focuses on the teaching of computing and its use in all disciplines and the incorporation of the study of this technology in the curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Activities include the presentation of technical papers and posters, as well as programming and robotics competitions. 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