Media Advisory

TO                         EDUCATION REPORTERS AND FEATURES EDITORS

FROM                     UAF University Relations

SUBJECT                KIDS ARE NANOOKS FOR A DAY

LOCATION              UAF Natural Sciences Facility, Student Recreation Center, Wood Center, Butrovich Building and Hutchison Career Center

DATE & TIME          Feb. 12, 10 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.

The average age of a UAF student will drop a decade or so this Friday as 50 Fairbanks-area 7th and 8th graders find out what it's like to be a college student for a day. For the fourth year in a row, UAF is hosting a mini-courses day for Tanana Middle School students. They'll learn about science in workshops like "Holy Hydraulics!" and "Acid from Above," conquer the air waves by making their own radio commercials and explore culinary arts in a cake decorating class. Students can also get slimed at the Natural Sciences Facility with "gak" they make themselves or go "virtually wild" at UAF's Arctic Region Supercomputing Center.

Participating faculty and staff are responsible for planning a 45-minute workshop to be held up to two times between 10 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. Student groups choose which courses they'd most like to participate in during the day-long learning adventure. Contact University Relations at 474-7581 for a full schedule of events.

CONTACT: UAF Events Coordinator Tiffany Dillon (907) 474-6438.

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