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Follow your curiosity this summer with Saturday Academy!
Contact: Cori Hall, 541-737-1822

Openings are available in all summer OSU Saturday Academy classes and camps. Design your own engineering project! Experiment with science in research labs! Explore the coastline and use real research techniques! Create a sculpture for DaVinci Days! Adventure in to the world of nanotechnology! Chart your future as an engineer! Discover all of these things and more with Saturday Academy this summer. Classes are for 5th – 12th grade students and range from 2 day workshops to full week camps, all held on the OSU campus.

More information about courses, topics, dates and registration can be found online at http://academy.engr.oregonstate.edu , or by calling (541) 737-1822.

Saturday Academy is a non-profit cooperative hosted by the College of Engineering and College of Science at Oregon State University, and working with local businesses and professionals. Fees are charged for classes, but tuition assistance is available. Students from Albany and Mill City schools pay half the regular fees due to school district support and grant funds.

The Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp was a huge success this year, enabling 60 middle school students the opportunity to attend this summer science camp free of charge!  The scholarships were funded by an $80,000 grant from the ExxonMobil Foundation and the Harris Foundation. The camp was a collaboration between a number of OSU groups including the OSU Extension Service 4-H Youth Development program, OSU Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences (SMILE) program, the science and math departments, and the College of Education.

Find out more about the activites of these young scientists at the Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp blog. The blog includes photo and video from the camp.

http://oregonstate.edu/education/4H/BHSSC/

What: Free Lecture
Where: Milam Auditorium, Oregon State University
When: 5:00 pm Aug 4, 2007 

The Director of OSU’s Bard in the Quad program has made an open invitation to everyone to attend a free lecture by Lt. Col. Russell Barney. The lecture, presented in conjunction with a unique performance of Much Ado About Nothing, is scheduled for 5:00pm on August 4th, 2007 at the Milam Auditorium on the Oregon State University Campus. The related performance of Much Ado About Nothing will begin at 7:00pm on the Memorial Union Quad. Tickets for the performance are $10 (senior and student discounts available). The lecture is free and open to all so if you are interested in aviation, WWII history, Shakespeare, and/or what its like to be a student during war-time, you wont want to miss this special event!

For more information, please visit http://www.bardinthequad.com

This year’s Oregon State University “Bard in the Quad” performance takes a unique look at US history. Their production of “Much Ado About Nothing” features a WWII aviation theme. Working closely with the “Rosie the Riveter” figures of post-war America, the production attempts to play with the ideas of strong women and love.

–From the “Bard in the Quad” website–
The 2007 performance of “Much Ado About Nothing” will be performed in the time of the United States immediately after the conclusion of World War II, the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of humankind. It was a war waged on land, sea, and in the air over several diverse theaters of operation for approximately six years and scholars agree that the role American women played, both at home and in service, was undeniably paramount to US success. In all, more than 400,000 American military women served at home and overseas in nearly all noncombatant jobs. By 1943, more than 4.3 million women were employed in non-military jobs to support the war…the largest number of women ever employed in the United States up until this time.

In many ways, the experiences of women on the home front mirror the experiences of Shakespeare’s women in “Much Ado About Nothing.” Left at home while their men go abroad to fight, the play begins with the end of the war and the return home of the brave soldiers. But, just as during WWII, both the men and the women they left behind have been deeply changed by their experiences. Although there is a “merry little war” of wits between the two main characters (Beatrice and Benedick), the undercurrents of the impact of war at home, of gender equality and of the horrors of war are all too relevant and serious for modern audiences.

OSU’s 2007 production of “Much Ado About Nothing” will both pay homage to the women of WWII and explore the changing roles of women and men after the end of the war. With a new adaptation of the script by director Scott Palmer (using poetry written by women during the period alongside new verse and other Shakespearean writings), the 2007 “Bard in the Quad” production of “Much Ado About Nothing” will be a romantic comedy with a serious message for today’s audiences.

For dates and more information, visit their website at http://oregonstate.edu/dept/theatre/Bardinthequad.html

Registration is now open for Saturday Academy classes at Oregon State University. Middle and high school students may choose a variety of workshops focusing on science, technology, engineering, and math skills in a fun and challenging environment. Courses offered this year include:

Harry Potter’s Secret Magic for Unfogging Future Challenges
Engineering Camp
Lego Robots for Everyone, Beginners (afternoon session)
Lego Robots for Everyone, Intermediate (morning session)
Summer Science Camp
Computer Comfort
Web Page & Animation
Algebra Prep
Calculus Prep

Saturday Academy is a non-profit, extracurricular, pre-college education program hosted by the College of Engineering at Oregon State University. The program enlists community professionals to share their facilities, equipment, and expertise through hands on classes, workshops and apprenticeships. Special emphasis is placed on the sciences, math and technology. Scholarship assistance is available.

Please visit the OSU Saturday Academy website for more information:
http://academy.engr.oregonstate.edu/

Oregon State University has been awarded a grant by the ExxonMobil Foundation and Harris Foundation to host a summer camp for middle school (entering grades 6- 8 ) students to attend a Summer Science Camp on the OSU campus on Corvallis, Oregon.

OSU is seeking 48 exceptional future scientists to begin the learning adventure this summer! Students are invited to apply for this two-week residential camp, to be held Aug. 5-17, 2007. The application deadline is May 25, 2007. All youth selected will receive full scholarships to attend. The estimated value is $1600.00 per young person.

OSU will offer innovative programs to enhance middle school students’ knowledge in all areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Work in labs, visit researchers and teaching professors, travel to the Oregon coast and the Cascade Mountains and enjoy a wide range of recreational options as well. While teaching subject matter skills, OSU is also encouraging students to stay in school and fostering leadership and citizenship. Students will live in the dorms with their assigned “camp family” including high school, college and adult staff.

The Summer Science camp will be conducted as a joint effort of the Department of 4-H Youth Development Education, the Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences (SMILE) program, Science Math Education Department and the College of Engineering.

Selection will be based on academic commitment (not necessarily performance) and teacher recommendations. OSU hopes to receive applications from female students and students who belong to populations who are traditionally underrepresented in the fields of science and math.

The application process is simple, just print the application form and mail it to OSU by the May 25, 2007 deadline. Application information is available in English and Spanish.

For further information and counselor applications, please visit:
http://oregon.4h.oregonstate.edu/programs/events/techcamp.htm