RUSTON, La. (KNOE) – The Science and Technology Education Center (SciTEC) at Louisiana Tech University was awarded $11,450 to host the 2024-2025 Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS).
The symposium, set to happen in February 2025, is sponsored by the Department of Defense and is meant to empower high school students to conduct and present STEM research.
High school students, parents, and teachers will present research, compete for scholarships and explore STEM career opportunities during the symposium.
Faculty, staff and students from Louisiana Tech will work as mentors and judges for participants in the symposium.
“The Tech community has an opportunity to actively shape the future of science and innovation through mentoring, judging, and networking with students from around the state as they present their research at the symposium,” said Chris Campbell, regional director of Louisiana Tech’s JSHS. “Many of these high school students could be the future scientists, researchers, mathematicians, and engineers educated right here at our university.”
Dr. John Doucet, dean of the College of Sciences and Technology at Nicholls State University, credited his academic and career accomplishments partly with competing in JSHS in 1978.
“Participating in the Louisiana and National JSHS helped me realized that a big career in science was possible, even for a boy from a small fishing village in the coastal marshes of Louisiana,” Doucent said.
Campbell noted the impact the symposium will have on the broader Ruston community.
“A big part of the symposium is having students here to tour our campus and labs to see what Louisiana Tech has to offer,” Campbell said. “Ruston will be a part of that experience as well, with students, parents and teachers visiting our idyllic college town.”
For information on how to participate or support the JSHS, contact Chris Campbell at [email protected] or visit JSHS.org.
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