Author: Jill Fisher

The Kansas Science Olympiad state tournament will be at WSU Saturday, April 6. Science Olympiad is a team competition for middle schools and high schools in which students compete in several different STEM events throughout the day.

The tournament needs many volunteers to help with various administrative tasks throughout the day or assist with the events. No science background is needed to help.

The Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences sponsors the Kansas Science Olympiad program, with the state tournament hosted at Wichita State each spring.

Contact Jill Fisher for more information at jill.fisher@wichita.edu or sign up to volunteer online.

Middle school and high school teams from across Kansas will come to the Wichita State campus to participate in the Science Olympiad State Tournament on Saturday, April 1 to determine the state representatives for the National Tournament in May — also at WSU this year.

Many volunteers are needed to help make the event possible, and tasks range from administrative duties, running errands and judging individual events. The tournament lasts all day, but volunteers are not required to work the whole time.

Those interested should fill out the survey with their contact info, availability and what tasks they would like to help with.

The Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is hosting the North American Computational Linguistics Open Competition for middle school and high school students on Thursday, Jan. 26. This event is free and open to all.

The organizers of the Science Olympiad State Tournament are requesting volunteers to assist middle and high school students between 7:15 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2. For more information, contact Jill Fisher at jill.fisher@wichita.edu.

Students in grades 6-12 recently participated in a design contest for a CubeSat mission patch—part of a NASA grant project that includes Dr. Nickolas Solomey’s research on solar neutrinos. Patch design entries included themes and elements to represent Wichita State, NASA and particle physics. The runners-up and winning design were chosen by Solomey and his team of graduate students working on the solar neutrino project.

Winning designer: Rylee Salts, Topeka High School

Runners-up :

• Aaralyn Spencer, Altamont Grade School
• Samantha Chestnut, Topeka High School
• Cora Ambrose, Topeka High School
• Elly Han, Altamont Grade School

This design contest was in partnership with the Ad Astra Kansas Foundation. The winning design will be used as the patch for the NASA mission.

Students, faculty and staff are asked to encourage children in grades 6-12 to submit designs for a CubeSat mission patch. The CubeSat (a tiny satellite) will be flown during a mission to collect data as part of Dr. Nickolas Solomey’s research on solar neutrinos.

The contest is a partnership between Wichita State and the Ad Astra Kansas Foundation. More information about the contest and the entry form can be found at the Ad Astra Kansas Foundation website. All entries are due Nov. 12.