Sue ________________________________ From: Minocha, Subhash Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 7:11 PM To: Greenberg, Susan Cc: Greenberg, Arthur Subject: FW: Seeking talented students for Project SMART Science Institute Please forward this message to your contact with the students, parents and teachers in the NH and surrounding areas that you know. We really appreciate your willingness to help us in finding some very deserving and talented students for the program. This note is applicable specifically to the schools in NH. I'll send you a separate note for MA (particularly Boston and Lawrence) and neighboring states. Regards Subhash ** Dear Colleagues: We at the University of New Hampshire are please to announce the availability of ample funding (scholarships) for participation of highly talented and deserving students in our Project SMART (Science and Mathematics Achievement through Research Training), a Summer Institute (camp) at UNH in they month of July, 2014. We would appreciate your encouragement of your students to apply for the Project SMART Summer Institute at the University of New Hampshire. Thanks to the UNH President's office, we have received special funds to support several (up to 25) highly deserving and talented students who are interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and would like to enhance their knowledge and aptitude in these areas through a challenging and motivating summer program in the rural settings of Durham, NH. I would like to request you to spread the word to your students and colleagues about the program. We would make every effort to provide the needed support to students from minority, under-represented and under-served, first generation college-bound, and other groups who would add to cultural and racial diversity of the program. Students from rural school districts are specially encouraged to apply. We would also like to recognize the school teachers (K-12) in NH and provide special funds to their children and the children of armed services personnel; so please forward this information to your contacts in those groups as well. We are seeking qualified high schoolers to have an experience of life-time learning advanced topics in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, getting a feeling for college life, meeting their peers from across the US and as far away as Greece and Turkey, and developing lifelong friendships and mentoring connections with UNH faculty and students. Project SMART program challenges, educates, and motivates talented high school students in science and mathematics. The program is open to high school students who are currently enrolled (or home schooled) as sophomores (10th grade) and juniors (11th grade). The participants study advanced topics in science, mathematics and computers through lectures, discussions, hands-on laboratory experience, and field trips; and learn to do research with UNH faculty. The Summer Institute is an excellent opportunity to learn the interdisciplinary nature of the various scientific fields and the applications and implications (economic, social, environmental, legal, ethical and moral) of recent scientific advancements to society. In addition to learning/doing science, the students gain a greater appreciation for careers associated with the various sciences and establish friendships with their peers, and mentoring relationships with the UNH faculty. The 2014 program runs from July 1 to 25. For more details, see www.smart.unh.edu<http://www.smart.unh.edu/>. The program offers three modules; Biotechnology & Nanotechnology, Marine & Environmental Science, and Space Science, each admitting up to 25 students. Attached is a brief description of the program and other information that could be posted in your school. NH residents also see - http://www.unh.edu/news/releases/2014/03/bp20smart.cfm If you need any further information, please feel free to contact me. Regards, Subhash ** Subhash C. Minocha Professor of Plant Biology and Genetics Director of Project SMART Department of Biological Sciences University of New Hampshire Rudman Hall Durham, NH 03824 USA Tel: 603-862-3840 FAX: 603-862-3784 E-Mail: sminocha@xxxxxxx<mailto:sminocha@xxxxxxx>
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