- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/african-american-male-initiative/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 11 May 2018 13:09:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Graduating student wants to be a mentor for others like him /news-archive/2018/05/11/nigel-spears-grad/ Fri, 11 May 2018 13:09:54 +0000 /news/?p=70506 ... Graduating student wants to be a mentor for others like him]]> For Nigel Spears, serving as a mentor has been one of the most rewarding experiences of his life.听 He understands how important it is for young people to have positive role models in their lives, so he has volunteered as a mentor for the African American Male Initiative and Charles W. Donaldson Scholars Academy at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. 听 鈥淢y dad was in the U.S. Army for 22 years and wasn鈥檛 really around when I was growing up,鈥 he said. 鈥淗e was gone for months and years at a time. I didn鈥檛 have any male figures that I felt comfortable looking up to. I want to give back to those who are in the same situation as me. I understand that feeling like you have no male to live up to is hard, especially for African-American men. There are a lot of things you miss out on. If I can be the one that an African-American male wants to model themselves after, if I am able to influence them in any positive way, I want to be that person.鈥 Spears, a native of Fort Smith and a member of the U.S. Navy Reserve, will graduate May 12 from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in applied communication. After graduation, he plans to earn a master鈥檚 degree in applied communication from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and then attend seminary school. Spears plans to work as a motivational speaker, trainer, and consultant for mediation conflict, social media, conflict management, and customer service. 鈥淚 want to see everybody be successful in life,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 want to give back to my community.鈥 In 2017, Nigel Spears found himself at a point in life where nothing seemed to be going right. 鈥淚 wasn鈥檛 talking to my family. The relationship I was in was going south. I didn鈥檛 have a job, and I didn鈥檛 know what I wanted to do in my life. I was in a horrible space,鈥 he said. He credits Dr. Gerald Driskill鈥檚 class with giving him a new lease on life. 鈥淚 took Dr. Driskill鈥檚 Human Communications Concepts class, and it saved my life,鈥 he said. 鈥淭aking his class made me realize how much I needed to grow. It gave me a reality check. I learned the foundations and the principles of self-reflecting, being able to look at yourself and be honest with yourself, and how to fix the problems going forward. His class is what laid the foundation of how I operate my relationships today. I say it saved my life because without those core principles, I probably wouldn鈥檛 be here today.鈥澨
Photo of Nigel Spears by Ben Krain.

Photo of Nigel Spears by Ben Krain.

Spears funneled his new life lessons into a motivational video series called SELFISH, which stands for Self, Expand, Language, Forgiveness, Invest, Strategy, and Hone. 鈥淚n the period between me dropping business finance as a major and finding applied communication, I had to reevaluate myself,鈥 Spears said. 鈥淚 had to figure out who I was. There are a lot of people, especially students, who live their lives for other people. You have to be able to know who you are, what you want to do, and how to accomplish that.鈥 Spears鈥 project caught the attention of his applied communication professors. 鈥淣igel won our departmental Making a Difference award in 2017 for his work in developing a video series focusing on showing teens and young adults how to incorporate positive communication into their relationships and their environment,鈥 said Dr. April Chatham-Carpenter, chair of the Department of Applied Communication. 鈥淗is messages impart practical advice about the impact of such things as word choice in dealing with conflicts.鈥 The catch phrase of Spears鈥 video series is 鈥淪alute Your Struggle.鈥 He believes that every struggle in his life has helped him become the person he is today and wants to help others to embrace their struggles as well. Spears started at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in the Summer Bridge Academy, a three-week residential program aimed at preparing incoming freshmen for college-level work by eliminating the need for them to take remedial math and English courses. He built good relationships with Jonathon Bobo and Kalan Horton. He also worked as an aide for the Green Dot Program and interned as a patient advocate at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He also credits his fraternity brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha for helping him become a leader and providing a support system. Spears is also thankful to his 鈥渟chool mom,鈥 Kristen McIntyre, Chatham-Carpenter, Mia Phillips, Melissa Johnston, and girlfriend, Marqueashia Thompson, for helping him through his 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock journey. ]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock alumnus named 2018 Arkansas Community Service Award Honoree /news-archive/2018/04/16/ua-little-rock-alumnus-named-2018-arkansas-community-service-award-honoree/ Mon, 16 Apr 2018 20:30:38 +0000 /news/?p=70192 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock alumnus named 2018 Arkansas Community Service Award Honoree]]> Corrigan Revels, a University of Arkansas at Little Rock alumnus, will be recognized as one of 11 Arkansas Community Service Award honorees on Friday, April 20, for his dedication and commitment to students participating in 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Children International program. Each year, the Arkansas Department of Human Services’ Office of Communications and Community Engagement, the Office of the Governor, and KARK-TV recognize individuals and companies in Arkansas that conduct outstanding volunteer services, demonstrate unselfish behaviors that benefit the community, and exemplify high ideals of humanitarianism. These honorees are first nominated by the general public, then selected as finalists by statewide committees of community leaders and volunteers. To celebrate those who are chosen as recipients, the Gov. Asa Hutchinson hosts a televised awards ceremony and personally presents the honorees with the prestigious Community Service Award. This year鈥檚 event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites in West Little Rock. 听听 Hunger for volunteering For nearly seven years, Revels has given up countless hours of his life to volunteer with Children International鈥檚 at-risk youth. From stepping to tutoring and chaperoning to facilitating, Revels has done it all in the name of love. 鈥淚 definitely feel like I have a hunger for volunteering because I鈥檝e always wanted to have a mentor or someone I could look up to,鈥 Revels said. Growing up as an only child until he was 16 years old, Revels was often surrounded by much older adults, including his mom, aunt, and grandparents, with whom he lived. It wasn鈥檛 until he came to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in 2011 that he met people he would eventually consider mentors. During his stint as a mentee in the African American Male Initiative (AAMI) program, Revels encountered JaCarlos Sheppard, an AAMI mentor who instantly made an impact on Revels鈥 life and became a large part of the reason he began volunteering so vehemently. 鈥楽omeone was willing to invest in me鈥 As a kid, Revels remembers volunteering for his church during Thanksgiving, passing out food trays to the less fortunate. Although he didn鈥檛 mind lending a helping hand, Revels didn鈥檛 quite understand the true meaning or significance of giving back at that time. 鈥淚 knew it was a good thing, but I didn鈥檛 take it as 鈥榯his person may or may not be able to share this moment with someone else, or they may not be able to eat this quality of food because they can鈥檛 help themselves because they鈥檙e elderly or sick,鈥欌 he said. Once Revels matured and volunteering was presented to him as an exciting and meaningful experience, he was hooked. 鈥淎s a member of AAMI, I didn鈥檛 have a choice in whether or not I would volunteer because we were required to do 15 to 30 hours of service,鈥 Revels explained. 鈥淛aCarlos, who was technically not my official mentor, began inviting me to different places like Bale Elementary, and my love for helping kind of grew from there. I was hungry for more and I loved the fact that someone was willing to invest in me, especially at that point in time.鈥 As a freshman and first-generation college student, Revels had never had a peer mentor or big brother that he could look to when he needed help dealing with circumstances in and outside of the classroom. Because he grew up surrounded by his elders, he always saw himself as a leader when he was among his peers. 听 鈥淗aving someone that I could look up to and admire was big for me because, besides the adults I had as a kid who I really appreciate, I never had that,鈥 Revels shared. Bridging the gap, building relationships

糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Alumnus Corrigan Revels will be recognized as a 2018 Arkansas Community Service Award Honoree. Photo by Ben Krain.

Being led by Sheppard, Revels found himself waking up at wee hours of the morning to volunteer for events like Race for the Cure, or spending hours after class and on weekends to assist students at Bale or Children International. As time passed, Revels became truly inspired by Sheppard because he saw him not only willingly give up his time for others, but he also witnessed Sheppard build meaningful relationships with those he helped so selflessly. 鈥淲hen AAMI started going to Bale, I saw that JaCarlos already had relationships with some of the students,鈥 Revels said. 鈥淚 was like, 鈥楳an, how is that,鈥 and I started realizing it was because of Children International and that he was working with them on and off the clock.鈥 In 2014, Revels followed in Sheppard鈥檚 footsteps and began working for Children International in conjunction with the numerous positions and roles he held at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. From his sophomore to senior year, Revels served as an AAMI mentor, was a University Program Council committee chair member, media crew assistant for Trojan basketball games, intramural sports supervisor and referee, and member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 shy away from using my weekends to do something for the children,鈥 Revels said. 鈥淲herever they had an opportunity for me to help out, or whatever they asked me to do, I was there to do it.鈥 For this reason and more, the Children International students were drawn to Revels. 鈥淧eople would be amazed at some of the things these kids deal with when they go home,鈥 Revels said. 鈥淭丑别y鈥檙e either not eating enough, not getting enough love, not getting enough attention, or they could be successful in the future, but they have no one to push them at home or they have to work just to help out their families.鈥 Success comes from service When Revels spent time with the students, his approach as a mentor was to not concern himself with what they were lacking, but to be all that he could be for them. He was intentional in his ability to make the students feel comfortable around him and motivated about their futures. 鈥淲here I am now and even in higher education, we鈥檙e here for the students and we鈥檙e here to serve the students,鈥 Revels said. 鈥淲e may get paid for it, but everything you do for the students, if you invest and really take your job seriously, you鈥檒l receive much more than money in return.鈥 Revels now works as a college and career coach at University of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical College. Although his schedule has changed and work doesn鈥檛 allow him to participate with Children International as much, he鈥檚 still passionate about the organization and open to helping in any way that he can. 鈥淚 love to do it, I enjoy it, and I know that it鈥檚 something that the students can benefit from,鈥 Revels said. Outside of work, Revels continues to pursue his passion as an up-and-coming filmmaker. He says he enjoys telling stories that people can relate to and that uplift those who watch them. 鈥淚 am big on changing the narrative and I think that’s a service also,” he said. Revels graduated from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock with a bachelor鈥檚 in mass communication with an emphasis in motion pictures in 2015. He received a graduate degree in higher education and student affairs in 2017. Last year, he and Sheppard were recognized by Children International as outstanding volunteers of the year. ]]> Criminal Justice student earns degree in honor of mother /news-archive/2016/05/10/criminal-justice-student-earns-degree-mother/ Tue, 10 May 2016 21:28:13 +0000 /news/?p=64305 ... Criminal Justice student earns degree in honor of mother]]> 鈥淢y mom鈥檚 name was Carol Thomas,鈥 he said. 鈥淢y mom was my queen. She was my everything,鈥 he said. Carol Thomas passed away March 12, 2012, during her son鈥檚 sophomore year at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She was 43. Following her passing, Thomas fought a long, hard journey to earn a college degree, just as his mother always wanted. He graduated with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in criminal justice at 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 2016 spring commencement May 14 at the Jack Stephens Center. Thomas remembers his mother as a 鈥渨arrior鈥 who worked hard to give him a good life. While battling sickle cell anemia, Carol Thomas was unable to find work in Little Rock. She had a brother in Nashville who gave her a good job, so she worked in Nashville and traveled to Little Rock on weekends to be with her son, who lived with an aunt.

Facing tragedy

While he was a senior at North Little Rock High School, Thomas received the worst news imaginable. 鈥淢y senior year in high school was when the disease started to take over her body,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t was like she was getting tired. She was ready to go, so she prepped me. She was always determined. She always gave me a talk. She is one of the reasons why I made it this far, because of how she was and how she raised me.鈥 So Thomas enrolled at 糖心Vlog传媒LR in fall 2011. He didn鈥檛 have the typical first-year college experience of living on campus. Instead, he lived at home, while taking care of his mother who was dying. During his sophomore year, Thomas鈥 mother passed away. This was the beginning of what Thomas remembers as the worst point in his life. 鈥淚t was very hard because she was the only parent in my life,鈥 Thomas recalled. 鈥淚 let my grades slip, and I lost a couple scholarships. I just lost focus.鈥

Regaining focus

The semester following his mother鈥檚 death served as a wake-up call for Thomas. Having lost his financial aid, Thomas worked three jobs to pay for college.
Carol Thomas

Carol Thomas

鈥淭hat was my turnaround to get back on track. I made a 3.2 GPA that semester, so I was very determined not to slack anymore.鈥 Thomas is grateful for the support he received at 糖心Vlog传媒LR to help him get through the loss of his mother and to keep him in school. 鈥淟osing her was very difficult,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 wanted to drop out. I wanted to give up, but I had a support group who kept me motivated and helped me.鈥 He is especially thankful to his mentors in the African American Male Initiative, Harvelle Howard and Darryl McGee, and his Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity brothers, Michael Sullivan, Jr., Jermaine Marshall, Damien Watson, Donovan Goodwin, Roderick Henderson, Darrius Green, Jr., and Kenneth Jones. 鈥淚f I needed any help, they were there,鈥 he said. 鈥淭丑别y were there when my mom had her funeral. A bunch of members of the group came to her funeral and supported me. When I let my grades slip, they were there for me. They were always my motivators.鈥 In August 2015, Mia Phillips, communications and special projects coordinator in the Chancellor鈥檚 Office, hired Thomas to work as an office assistant with the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Green Dot initiative. 鈥淒ominque is hard-working and one of the most dependable students I have ever worked with,鈥 Phillips said. 鈥淲e have a lot of students who lose parents in the midst of their academic career who never recover from it. He bounced back and is graduating just like his mom wanted him too.鈥 Thomas has also served as chief justice of the Student Government Association, treasurer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and treasurer of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He is also a member of the Criminal Justice Society, National Society of Black Engineers, March of Dimes Collegiate Council, Academic and Grievance Integrity Committee, and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Facing one more hardship

Before graduation, tragedy struck Thomas鈥 life once more. During the 2015 Christmas break, he was involved in a car crash that left his arm broken, requiring surgery and a metal plate. 鈥淚 had to miss class for almost a month,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 was getting frustrated that I wasn鈥檛 going to graduate, but I have some understanding professors.鈥 To add insult to injury, the crash meant letting go of a beloved connection to his mother. 鈥淭丑别 wreck was very heart-breaking, because the car was my mom鈥檚,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t was my only memory of her.鈥 Thomas recovered. This summer, he will tutor incoming 糖心Vlog传媒LR freshmen through the Charles W. Donaldson Summer Bridge Academy, a three-week residential program that prepares incoming freshmen for college-level work by eliminating the need for them to take remedial math and English courses. After graduation, Thomas will pursue his master鈥檚 degree in higher education on the college student affairs track at 糖心Vlog传媒LR. Eventually, he hopes to earn a doctorate and become a college dean. 鈥淚 would love to work with minority students when they come into college and be a mentor to them the same way people at 糖心Vlog传媒LR helped me.鈥 In the end, Thomas hopes his story will help other college students overcome any trials they are facing. 鈥淓verything happens for a reason, and I think my story can help incoming students,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 always tell new students: Don鈥檛 let social groups take control of your life, because you can let your grades drop. I tell my story, because I don鈥檛 want them to go down the road I went down.鈥 ]]> 糖心Vlog传媒LR alum receives prestigious National Science Foundation fellowship /news-archive/2016/04/25/ualr-alum-receives-prestigious-national-science-foundation-fellowship/ Mon, 25 Apr 2016 17:50:13 +0000 /news/?p=64146 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR alum receives prestigious National Science Foundation fellowship]]> Instead, he will be able to devote more time to his research involving the analysis of data from social networking websites. Marshall, 23, of Helena, Arkansas, has been named a 2016 recipient of the . He graduated from 糖心Vlog传媒LR in 2015 with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in computer science. For 2016, the National Science Foundation awarded 2,000 fellowships from nearly 17,000 applicants. The fellowship provides three years of financial support through a $34,000 annual stipend and $12,000 cost-of-education allowance to the student鈥檚 graduate institution. 鈥淚t just lit up my whole day,鈥 Marshall said. 鈥淭丑别y only have an 11 percent acceptance rate. I didn鈥檛 think I would get it, but it happened.鈥 The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions. Marshall鈥檚 current research involves social sensing, which uses the massive amount of information people share through social networking websites as research data to discover trends and influences. However, the information people share on social media is not always accurate. Marshall is developing a program that will detect when this information is accurate. 鈥People may lie or report false information on social media,鈥 Marshall said. 鈥淢y goal is to develop a framework to tell when people are reporting truthful information on social media and determine how that information can be useful to society through research.鈥 In 2015, Marshall was named a National GEM (Graduate Engineering Degrees for Minorities) Ph.D. Science Fellow. The GEM Fellowship greatly increased Marshall鈥檚 chances of acceptance into distinguished Ph.D. programs. He also received a paid summer internship with Adobe, a global leader in digital marketing and media. Among his many distinctions at 糖心Vlog传媒LR, Marshall was a McNair Scholar, a Donaghey Scholar, an African American Male Initiative Program member, an Engineering and Information Technology Ambassador, a former EIT Summer Undergraduate Program of Entrepreneurship and Research Scholar, a member of the Dean鈥檚 List, and an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Kappa Psi Chapter. 鈥淭丑别 Donaghey Scholars and McNair Scholars programs helped me pursue research and taught me how to get involved with it,鈥 he said. 鈥淭丑别y helped me get to the point where I could do research, apply to graduate school, and get accepted into a prestigious program. They really helped me prepare for my future.鈥 Marshall thanked the African American Male Initiative and Alpha Phi Alpha for giving him the support he needed to complete his degree. 鈥淭丑别y helped give me the motivation and support to pursue my dreams,鈥 he said. This summer, Marshall will be a software engineering intern at Intel. After his anticipated graduation from Notre Dame in 2019, Marshall plans to continue his research into social networking websites at a research lab and eventually open his own social networking company. ]]> 10 糖心Vlog传媒LR students will attend Clinton Global Initiative University /news-archive/2016/03/16/10-ualr-students-attend-clinton-global-initiative/ Wed, 16 Mar 2016 18:48:53 +0000 /news/?p=63746 ... 10 糖心Vlog传媒LR students will attend Clinton Global Initiative University]]> Ten students from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have been selected to attend the Clinton Global Initiative University to present ideas to combat global challenges. This year鈥檚 event will be held April 1-3 at the University of California-Berkeley. This marks the first year 糖心Vlog传媒LR has joined the (CGI U) Network, a growing consortium of colleges and universities that support, mentor, and provide seed funding to student leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs who are developing solutions for some of the world鈥檚 most pressing challenges. 鈥淭丑别 goal of this initiative is very much in line with our role as a university,鈥 said Dr. Zulma Toro, 糖心Vlog传媒LR executive vice chancellor and provost. 鈥淲e aspire to have more and more students involved in this type of work, work that will benefit international and local communities. The scope of the projects that our students are working on is impressive. These are projects that will impact the university and other countries like Nicaragua.鈥 One of the student teams attending CGI U is working with a nonprofit organization that introduces clean water solutions, to design and build a water pump that will provide access to clean drinking water in a rural village in Nicaragua. 鈥淚nstead of having someone go to the water source each day to get a fresh bucket of water, this pump will allow a continuous source of water without fuel and electricity,鈥 said Ben Levie, a 糖心Vlog传媒LR senior majoring in mechanical engineering who is participating in CGI U. 鈥淚t will allow the villagers to not have to worry about retrieving water and filtering it.鈥 糖心Vlog传媒LR is providing $10,000 in funding for nine students from three teams from the College of Engineering and Information Technology and for one individual. All were invited to attend CGI U, an annual meeting of more than 1,000 students who created plans to address issues in education, environment and climate change, peace and human rights, poverty alleviation, and public health. The 糖心Vlog传媒LR students will be accompanied by Dr. Andrew Wright, a 糖心Vlog传媒LR associate professor of systems engineering who is serving as the faculty liaison. 鈥淲e would like to see the students learn how to take their ideas to implementation,鈥 Wright said. 鈥淧art of implementation is developing funding and partnerships. Interacting with other like-minded students will help them build their partnerships, develop their ideas, and develop ways to get funding for their projects.鈥 Levie is looking forward to attending the conference so his team can meet advisors and learn about funding to expand their project. 鈥淭his conference gives us the potential to take the project farther,鈥 Levie said. 鈥淭丑别re are many other places we could put this pump. With Clinton Global Initiative University, we could potentially help so many other people.鈥 The event was founded in 2007 by former President Bill Clinton after the success of the Clinton Global Initiative, through which global leaders convene to implement plans to combat global challenges. The 糖心Vlog传媒LR students who will attend CGI U and their projects include:
  • 听听听听听Cory Gray, Steven Detmer, and Benjamin Levie who are working on an accessible water project to provide access to clean drinking water for rural villages in Nicaragua by creating a water pump that does not require electricity or gasoline to operate.
  • 听听听听听Alroy Avance, Phillip Portoni, and Nongsiej Pynchailang who are creating an automatic ventilation system that could replace a range hood, automatically detecting smoke to prevent small residential kitchen fires.
  • 听听听听听David Ray, Samuel Shelton, and Kari Payton who are creating a compact and portable aquaponics system that will integrate with a semi-automated greenhouse, creating an environment where fruits and vegetables can grow throughout the year.
  • 听听听听听Kalan Horton is implementing activities to improve outcomes for minority students participating in the African American Male Initiative peer mentoring program at 糖心Vlog传媒LR.
For more information, visit the or contact Dr. Lillian Wichinsky, 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 CGI U program coordinator and interim executive director of the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Community Connection Center, at lcwichinsky@ualr.edu. In the upper right photo, Ben Levie, Cory Gray, and Steven Detmer are one of three student teams who were selected to attend the Clinton Global Initiative University April 1-3 at the University of California-Berkeley.]]> 糖心Vlog传媒LR receives grant to hold free STEM summer camp for middle school students /news-archive/2016/03/01/ualr-grant-free-stem-summer-camp-middle-school-students/ Tue, 01 Mar 2016 17:13:39 +0000 /news/?p=63589 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR receives grant to hold free STEM summer camp for middle school students]]> and . The $50,000 grant enables 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology (EIT) to host a free two-week summer camp for middle school students July 10-22. It will be one of 10 taking place around the country. This is EIT鈥檚 eighth consecutive year hosting the camp. Led by Executive Camp Director and EIT Assistant Dean Vernard Henley, Jr., the two-week residential summer camp will host 36 sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade students from all over the state. These STEM-curious attendees will participate in experiments, go on field excursions to reinforce the project-based curriculum, and problem solve around the theme 鈥淚magineering Your Future.鈥 Rugenal Anderson-Lindsey, a veteran middle school educator, will serve as camp director. Henley and Anderson-Lindsey will give traditionally underrepresented groups access to STEM knowledge and opportunities. Camp leaders will place special recruiting emphasis on the state鈥檚 most diverse and socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. Additionally, 糖心Vlog传媒LR students, particularly those involved in the African American Male Initiative, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Hispanic/Latino Initiative, will be selected as group leaders for the camp. Participants will stay on campus and attend classes and labs in 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 state-of-the-art instructional spaces. These classroom experiences will be interdisciplinary and interactive, covering math, chemistry, biology, physical science, engineering design, technology, and English. The students will also tackle a major hands-on collaborative project on environmental engineering. When they鈥檙e not engaging in these lessons, the students will visit culturally and scientifically significant sites that are directly related to their camp project. For more information, visit . In the upper right photo, past participants of the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp at 糖心Vlog传媒LR test structural engineering skills by building a water tower.听]]>