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CIMAS campers
9 August 2007 — Sixteen high school students from across North Carolina, including Stephanie Orosco of Fremont, recently participated in the Carolina Institute for a Multicultural Approach to Science (CIMAS) program at Lenoir-Rhyne College.
The CIMAS Scholars participated in three weeks of science and math enrichment activities while living on campus. The program is free to the students and their families. All expenses are paid by Lenoir-Rhyne College and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s Student Science Enrichment Program.
The CIMAS program is designed to increase the numbers of ethnic minority students who enter college degree programs in science or mathematics and ultimately pursue careers in these fields.
The students were selected through a competitive application process.
The CIMAS Scholars participated in a variety of activities in the areas of mathematics, computing sciences, biology, physics and chemistry. Lenoir-Rhyne professors serve as faculty for the program. The students created Web pages about themselves and wrote a blog about their experiences. Some of the activities included researching kudzu, studying probabilities and genetics, and playing a code-breaking game. The CIMAS Web site may be seen at www.lrc.edu/cimas2007.
During the coming academic year, the CIMAS Scholars and their families will be invited to participate in follow-up workshops. On these occasions, they will be able to interact with research scientists visiting campus.
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