Dear Dartmouth Community members:

The annual Vermont State Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics fair, being held Saturday, 4/1/17 from 8AM to noon at Norwich University in Northfield, VT, is in dire need of volunteer judges. Judges spend about 15 minutes with each of the ~10 projects assigned to them, discussing the hypothesis, experimental design, results, and conclusions with the students. The emphasis is on providing the students with an opportunity to discuss their work, and to provide encouragement as well as some constructive criticism. It's very inspiring to see how enthusiastic the students are about their projects and how much they have accomplished as independent thinkers, questioners, and experimenters and the students greatly appreciate the opportunity to talk about their work. This is also a terrific opportunity to give back to the taxpayers and get some visibility for Dartmouth students, faculty and programs.

Thanks for any help you can give!

Follow-UP!! Judges urgently needed for Vermont STEM Fair
Dear friends of STEM education in Vermont,
We are still don’t have nearly enough judges for the VSTEM Fair on April 1st at Norwich. Please consider spending the morning with us and encouraging high school and middle school kids who are interested in science! Here are the details:
The Vermont Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Fair (VSTEMF) is seeking judges for the annual competition to be held at Norwich on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Judging takes place between 8:00 a.m. and noon. Please join us and help evaluate projects while you encourage and guide high school and middle school students. This is a great opportunity to interact with future scientists, mathematicians and engineers at a stage where interest and encouragement can have a large impact!
You may register as a judge by going to the following website and clicking on the “Register” tab near the top of the page.
https://vstemf.zfairs.com/?f=7e12fcb4-964e-480e-a939-04387f4fd2ba
For further information or if you encounter difficulty registering as a judge, please email us at [log in to unmask]
If you are serving as a “Special Judge” for a sponsored award and have not confirmed your participation with your coordinator, please contact that person or Dick Milius ([log in to unmask]).
Note: If you have already registered as a judge, no further action is needed.

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William T. Donnelly, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular and Systems Biology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
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Lebanon, NH 03756

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