For more information contact:
Amy Logan
(405) 325-6897

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NORMAN, OK –  A partnership between the University of Oklahoma, The Bernard Harris Foundation and the ExxonMobil Foundation will benefit Oklahoma Native American and other underrepresented public and private middle school students this summer through an academic camp. Precollegiate Programs, a department within University of Oklahoma Outreach, is offering “Earth Cycles: A Whole-Earth Approach to the Geosciences” June 10-22 for those students grades 6-8, at no cost to the students.

The Earth Cycles academic camp will provide students the opportunity to study the geosciences through a core curriculum based on science, technology, engineering and math education. Students will participate in class discussions, perform lab research and computer work, listen to motivational speakers and go on field trips, all of which will contribute to their learning about the connection between the science concepts of the origin of rocks and minerals and the Native American “Sacred Circle.”

Instructors include University of Oklahoma faculty and outstanding secondary teachers. Students will live in a residence hall on the OU campus, and meals will be served in Couch Cafeteria. All expenses, including room, board, supplies, books, field trips and recreational activity expenses will be provided for each Earth Cycles student accepted. All Oklahoma Native American and other underrepresented public and private middle school students who will enter grades 6-8 in fall 2007 are eligible to apply. The application deadline is May 11.

For more information, contact Amy Logan at 405-325-6897 or alogan@ou.edu, or visit the Web site: http://youth.ou.edu