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Over 600 attended The Copernicus Project's annual college and science exploration day for local middle and high school students and their families on November 8, 2008. The outreach event was in collaboration with UCR's Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) School Programs and the Boy's & Girl's Clubs of San Bernardino . Strategies for Understanding College and Careers in Engineering and Science (SUCCES) Day included a welcome from UCR Chancellor Timothy P. White, workshop sessions on college admissions and financial aid, a tour of UCR, and hands-on science activities. During lunch, attendees participated in a technology and college resource exposition. Campus departments and science businesses host tables with collegiate information and additional hands-on science activities.
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SUCCES 2008 Event Information:
When: On Saturday, November 8, 2008
from 8:00am-2:00pm
Where: University of California,
Riverside (UCR), University Lecture Hall 1000
Who’s invited?: Middle School and
High School students and your family, friends, caretakers, etc.
Why should I come?:Meet real scientists
and engineers from ALL backgrounds! Learn how easy it is to afford and attend college.
Participate in science and engineering activities like a cockroach petting zoo,
building bridges, and a hands-on NASA Space Museum with working NASA space toilet!
How much?: FREE
to attend, FREE continental breakfast, FREE
lunch, and FREE parking in Lot 24!
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SUCCES Day 2008 Partners and Exhibitors included…
Community Organizations - College Exodus Project, Boys & Girls Club of San Bernardino , My College Connection, Parent Institute for Quality Education – PIQE
Businesses: Lewis Center for Educational Research, Life Stream aka Bloodbank of Riverside & San Bernardino Counties, Raytheon & Traveling Space Museum (space craft simulator)
Collegiate Departments: California Baptist University – Department of Natural & Mathematical Sciences (Liquid Nitrogen activities), Riverside Community College- Teacher Preparation Programs, UC Irvine National Fuel Cell Research Center, UCR Alpha Center (origami = paper folding)), UCR BCOE – Bioengineering (Grad Students – EKG machine), UCR Copernicus Project (Cockroach petting zoo & screaming balloons), UCR Chicano Student Programs, UCR CNAS Center for Plant Biology (Dr. David Carter- Scanning Microscope), UCR CNAS Chemistry (Dr. Leonard Mueller – Microscope), UCR CNAS Earth Science (Dr. David Oglesby – Earthquakes & Plate Tectonics), UCR MESA Schools Program (trebuchet = miniature catapult-like launcher), UCR Early Academic Outreach Program – EAOP, UCR Undergraduate Recruitment and University of Phoenix
UCR Student Organizations: African Americans United in Science – AAUS (lava lamps), BCOE Student Ambassadors, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE (Robots), National Society of Black Engineers – NSBE, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers – SHPE (made “ooblek” = a type of silly putty), Society of Women Engineers – SWE (made lip gloss), Tomorrow's Teachers in Math & Science – TTSM (“bubble-in-a-bubble” activity)
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