Pickaway-Ross student spends part of summer in an Oak Ridge lab

Aug 11th, 2009 in News

Summer break usually doesn’t involve thoughts of science projects and field trips, but for one local high school student, there’s no question it did.
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Bryan Clark, a student at Pickaway Ross Career & Technology Center, was part of a group of 37 specially chosen students and 18 teachers representing 13 Appalachian states who traveled to Oak Ridge for nearly two weeks in July to work on cutting-edge science projects with mentors at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Since 1990, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) have hosted the Math-Science-Technology Institute each summer. During that time, the program has provided a total of 354 students and 163 teachers with in-lab learning experiences at one of the nation’s premier national laboratories.

Clark was nominated for the program by Gov. Ted Strickland.

“The students were chosen for their potential in math and science, their potential to continue in higher learning, and their potential to influence others in their communities as the leaders of tomorrow,” said ARC Federal Co-chair Anne Pope.

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