The Fourth Biennial Lake Superior Youth Symposium
The Fourth
Biennial Lake Superior Youth Symposium 2001 is taking place at Michigan
Tech May 17-20 . More than 400 students and teachers are registered from
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ontario.
More than sixty different presentations
and field trips will be offered on a wide variety of topics, including
Great Lakes history, geology, water quality, forest management, pollution
threats, wildlife, student activism, photography, art and model student
projects. More than one-third of the presentations and field trips are
being presented by faculty, graduate students and alumni from Michigan
Tech.
Other presenters include specialists
from Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw
National Historical Park, Michigan Sea Grant, the Great Lakes Aquarium,
Trout Unlimited, National Wildlife Federation, Lake Superior Alliance,
Mead Paper Division, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, International
Paper, local teachers, and many more educators, artists, and writers.
Opening remarks will be delivered
by MTU President Curt Tompkins. Chairman Tom Baldini of the US Section
of the International Joint Commission will be the keynote presenter on
Thursday evening in Fisher 135 auditorium.
Everyone will participate in
a Rendezvous at McLain's State Park from Copper Country AmeriCorps is
providing 30 members to assist throughout the four days by driving vans,
staying in dorms with participants, facilitating The symposium is hosted by
the Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental
Education and the Center for Science and Environmental Outreach at Michigan
Tech. The symposium steering committee has received more than $41,000
in grants from Wege Foundation, Kennedy Fund, Mead Paper Division, International
Paper, Keweenaw Community Foundation, and the Western UP Center for Science,
Mathematics and Environmental Education. These funds are providing student
and teacher travel and registration sponsorships, covering the cost of
"guest presenters," paying for support staff (database designers,
website maintenance, administrative assistants, etc), presentation supplies,
printing and publicity, field trip transportation, T-shirts, and more.
The Keweenaw Community Foundation,
International Paper, Mead Paper
7:00-8:30 PM on Saturday, May 19.
TEAM meetings, chaperoning evening social events, etc. Local high school
students from the Copper Country ISD Student Leadership Committee have
also played a large role in planning and conducting the symposium.
Division, and the Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics,
and Environmental Education have provided student and teacher registration
sponsorships, in addition to many local school districts.
The SYMPOSIUM website is: http://emmap.mtu.edu/gem.
