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high school students from Kentucky and other Appalachian states are getting
a taste of college life this summer as participants in two educational
enrichment programs taking place at Berea College.
Fifty-five students from central Kentucky and southern Appalachia
are Woodson Science and Math Institute participants while 65 students
from eight eastern Kentucky counties are taking part in Upward Bound.
The six-week-long residential programs aimed at helping low income,
high potential students prepare for college will continue through July
31.
From 9 a.m.-12 noon Monday - Friday, students are taking courses in
mathematics and the sciences, aesthetics and human relations, along
with choices from a special curriculum of courses organized at various “centers” on
campus. In the genetics center, groups are doing projects on genetic
disorders. At other centers students are building computers and ultralight
airplanes, creating websites, producing dance, drama, music and poetry
performances, creating a book and producing a video documentary about
the summer’s experiences. (SEE LIST OF CENTERS AND THEIR CAMPUS
LOCATIONS BELOW)
Along with academic enrichment, students in both groups will be involved
in activities designed to help them define their values, explore career
options and prepare and plan for attending college. A wide range of
recreational activities, field trips and service projects rounds out
the program.
All participants are experiencing the full range of College life,
including living in residence halls, eating meals on campus and using
all facilities and activities available to regular Berea College students.
Upward Bound, which began on the Berea campus in 1966 as Project Torchlight,
and the Woodson Institute are federal TRIO programs sponsored by Berea
College. TRIO programs help students overcome class, social, academic,
and cultural barriers to higher education. Additional information on
Berea’s TRIO programs can be found at www.berea.edu/triosp <http://www.berea.edu/trio>
For more information, contact Mary McLaughlin, Berea’s Trio
Programs director, at (859) 985-3270.
Upward Bound and Woodson Institute Special Courses 9-12 M-F through
July 27
COMPUTER POWER - Bruce Building 1st floor classroom: Computer Power
is building PCs. One challenge is to think outside the box by creating
a different kind of box to hold the parts-- using duct tape, plexiglass,
pcv pipe, or Legos.
PHYSICS CENTER - Science Building basement classroom (and sometimes
the Ag Building Pavillion): Physics center is building an ultralight
airplane--they've already built and flown a small one. The final project
will be one with a 14-foot wingspan.
THINKQUEST - Draper Bldg. Room 116: Thinkquest center is creating
websites. Last year one team won a Bronze medal for their site on the
Holocaust in a national TRIO contest.
AESTHETICS CENTER - Knapp Hall upstairs classroom: Aesthetics center
is producing a performance of dance, drama, music, poetry...
COMMUNICATONS CENTER - Frost Bldg. Room 216: Communications center
is creating a Summer Book and a Summer Video documenting Upward Bound
and the Woodson Institute. Guest instructor is Ohio University film
professor Dr. Jack Wright.
GENETICS CENTER - Frost Bldg. Room 8: Genetics center groups are doing
projects on genetic disorders.
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