ASU will host state middle school Science Olympiad Middle school students from 28 schools in Georgia will compete in the statewide Georgia Science Olympiad, hosted by the university, on Saturday, March 24. The event is a national competition in which students, usually working in pairs, compete in 23 different science activities. Beginning with a 7:45 a.m. registration, events will take place from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in various buildings on ASU’s campus. The awards ceremony, in which the top four teams in each event are awarded medals, will take place at 3:30 p.m. at the Christenberry Field House. ASU faculty, staff, students, and members of the community will supervise events and serve as judges. There are over 200 schools, both middle and high schools, throughout Georgia involved in the Olympiad program. Teams coming to the state competition have qualified by performing well at six regional tournament sites around the state. The top two teams advance to the national competition, held in May at Indiana University. Augusta State will host the 2008 combined state middle and high school Olympiad competition as well as the 2009 national tournament. One hundred and twenty schools from all over the country will be in Augusta for nearly one week. For more information about the upcoming state tournament at ASU, contact William Wellnitz, Georgia Science Olympiad program director and professor of biology in the Department of Biology, at 706-731-7993, or visit www.aug.edu/gaso. Other News:
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