For Boy Scouts in search of techie merit badges, the School of Information Technology labs were the place to be October 25.

The School of IT welcomed 47 scouts from eight troops in the Peoria Illinois Council who came to earn their aviation, digital technology, energy, engineering, environmental science, game design, geo-caching and space exploration badges.

The event was organized by J.P. Smith and Alex Fishel from the ISU Information Security Club (ISUSec). They were assisted by Todd Thomas, Adam Ringwood, Sarah Butler, and Chris Jopa.