GVSU庆祝地区科学奥林匹克竞赛40周年

Nine high school teams and seven middle school teams will quality for the state tournament. The competition will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2:50 p.m., with the awards ceremony beginning at 4:30 p.m. in the Kelly Family Sports Center.

"When I consider the number of lives that our 在40年的比赛中，我是第一次参加地区锦标赛 震级之大让我不知所措，也让我感到荣幸。”里奇说 同时也是GVSU区域数学和科学中心的联合主任 hosts the competition. "The stories of how Science Olympiad has 影响了很多人的生活激励着我们继续这项工作 and speak to GVSU’s commitment to the community."

For Doug Kindschi, the regional Science Olympiad 从他帮助领导球队开始，竞争就是一种持久的骄傲 作为科学和数学学院的院长，它在大峡谷大学成立.

Its beginnings at Grand Valley came during a time of 加强了GVSU教师与K-12教育工作者的联系 合作加强各级教育，金斯基 said. 他说，已故的生物学名誉教授霍华德·斯坦， 听说过科学奥林匹克竞赛，并建议建立一个 tournament at GVSU.

1998年在GVSU举行的全国科学奥林匹克竞赛视频.

GVSU's Science Olympiad profile quickly grew, leading 赢得了1998年举办全国锦标赛的机会 said. Mary Ann Sheline and Sandi Bacon served as longtime 也是GVSU锦标赛早期的重要成员 success. All past directors will be honored on March 23, with several in attendance.

到现在为止，两代科学奥林匹克高中 而中学生已经在校园里，往往为他们 第一次在大学里，让他们尝尝他们 作为GVSU学生和理科生的经历，kinschi说.

"Science Olympiad wasn't originally a recruiting 但它后来成为了一个极好的招聘工具。” Kindschi said. He added that notion extended to faculty members; he 我回忆起曾雇用过一位选择GVSU的学者，部分原因是他们的 高中时期参加科学奥林匹克竞赛的经历.

"People saw that this was a place that was really focused on science," Kindschi said.

The spirit around the competition is also an essential 信息系统专家安娜·佩尔(Anna Pell)说，这是科学奥林匹克竞赛的一部分 曾参加科学奥林匹克竞赛的专业学生，目前是一名体育教练 middle school team from Hudsonville Public Schools.

和富勒一样，佩尔也受到了奥林匹克科学竞赛的启发 to study the sciences. She said what has been just as inspiring is 同志情谊和热情的气氛，让人从哪里来 不同的背景找到归属感，因为每个人都关注 on working together for a common purpose as a team.

"It's really important to me as an adult that 我现在辅导的这些中学生也达到了同样的水平 当我还是个孩子的时候，我得到了支持和家的感觉。” Pell said.