Symposia Offer Scholarships, Collegiate Experience to High School Students

January 30, 2008, Fort Wayne, Indiana: The School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Saint Francis is hosting a Science Symposium and a Humanities Symposium for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors on Friday, March 7.

The event will give students the opportunity to do research at the college level and win a USF scholarship.  

The Science Symposium has three topics for students: “Crime Scene Investigator,” an introduction into the world of high-tech crime investigation, “Short-Cut Math,” to help students learn more efficient math skills, and “MRSA—Menace or Myth?,” a case study on the MRSA panic.

The Humanities Symposium will offer two topics, “Mudslinging 101: Politics, Propaganda and Parody,” which will examine political ads and allow students the chance to make their own parody of one, and “Creation to Crusades,” a three-part workshop delving into modern and medieval topics in Philosophy and Theology.

To find out more on the Science Symposium or to get an application, visit www.sf.edu/sciencesymposium or contact Carolyn Exner at 260-434-3278. For further information or an application for the Humanities Symposium, visit www.sf.edu/sf/arts-sciences/3rivers-symposia or contact Angie Springer at 260-399-8066. The application deadline is February 25.

The University of Saint Francis, founded in 1890, is a comprehensive university in the Catholic Franciscan tradition, offering undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 2,100 students from a broad geographic region.