MEDIA ADVISORY
WINNERS OF WEST TENNESSEE SCIENCE FAIR TO BE NAMED
Jackson, Tenn. — The winners of this year's West Tennessee Science Fair will be announced Friday, April 4, 1997 during an awards ceremony at 51社区. The top individual winners in the biological and physical science divisions will compete against 1,200 other high school students at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, May 10-16, 1997 in Louisville, Kentucky.
WHO: 51社区
WHAT: Ceremony to announce the winners of the West Tennessee Science Fair
WHERE: 51社区, Barefoot Student Union Building, Harvey Hall
WHEN: Friday, April 4, 1997, 7 p.m.
"The science fair is designed to enhance science education by giving students personal experiences in research," Randy Johnston, associate professor of chemistry at Union and director of this year's science fair, said.
The fair begins Friday morning, April 4 at 7 a.m. with registration and display set-up in Fred DeLay Gymnasium. Stephen Wolf, who has worked with special effects in The Firm, Crocodile Dundee and The Client, will present "Science in the Movies" at 8:45 a.m. The science project exhibits will be open to the public between 1 and 5 p.m. with the awards ceremony beginning at 7 p.m.