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2/25/2004
Contact: K.E. Schwab --
724-738-2199; e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu
Annual Region IX, Pennsylvania Junior
Academy of Science Event --
TOMORROW’S SCIENTISTS, RESEARCH TO
BE AT SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY FEB. 28
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Some 500 scientist
hopefuls will bring their experiments to Slippery Rock University
on Saturday [Feb. 28] as part of the Region IX, Pennsylvania Junior
Academy of Science competition. The two top winners of the
competition receive $12,000 scholarships to SRU and other
awards.
This
is the seventh consecutive year the academy has elected to hold its
event at SRU.
The
program is open to seventh through 12th graders who
present the results of their junior high and high school science
research projects. Students from schools in the following
counties will participate: Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion,
Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence and Mercer
“The program is usually of interest
to students eyeing opportunities in math and science,” says
Dr. William Sigmund, SRU biology professor and coordinator of
the on-campus portion of the program. “It also affords the
university the chance to show off the campus and its programs to
potential students considering enrolling at
SRU.”
In addition to the
four-year scholarships, presented to the top senior and the top
junior, the program offers $100 to the top senior and $50 to the
top junior from Sigma XI, the SRU chapter of the national
scientific research society. Top presenters in each discipline also
earn cash or bond awards from the Region IX committee or other
program sponsors. SRU’s mathematics department also presents
a $100 award to the top senior and junior involved in mathematics
presentations.
Judges for the
event include college faculty, high school teachers, business
leaders and medical professions and college
students. Competitors offer 10-minute oral presentations to
discuss the results of their independent research projects and may
be asked questions. then each judge independently rates the
presentation. "First Place" winners earn the right to compete
at the state competition in May.
Judges will attend an 11:15 a.m.
complimentary luncheon in Boozel Dining Hall. Student scientists
will assemble for an orientation meeting at 12:45 p.m. in the
University Union and presentations will run throughout the
afternoon followed by a 6 p.m. awards ceremony in the union
preceded by dinner in Weisenfluh Dining Hall.
PN, PgN, WPN,
PR
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