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Experience summer at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Appalachian Regional Commission/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Students and teachers from throughout Appalachia will participate in a hands-on learning program that will focus on the application of math, science, and technology principles in the world of work. Links to the 2010 Criteria for Participation and Applications are in the boxes on the right. The ARC/ORNL Institute is a unique opportunity for students and teachers to work with research scientists on relevant technology, math and scientific topics facing the world in the 21st century.
ORNL is one of the largest U.S. Department of Energy research facilities in the United States. It is devoted to multi-purpose research and development and is located approximately 20 miles northwest of Knoxville, Tennessee, near the famous Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE ) is a US Department of Energy institute focusing on scientific initiatives to research health risks from occupational hazards and is managed by Oak Ridge Associated Universities.
Please click on these links to see the announcements for 2010 Middle School Summer Science Camp and the 2010 High School Summer Institute for Math, Science and Technology for additional information.
The Georgia Appalachian Center for Higher Education, in partnership with area post-secondary institutions, has launched a financial aid scholarship program called the “Appalachian At-Promise Scholarship”. The scholarship program is designed to encourage and assist students to attend any of our partner post-secondary institutions and to make college within reach for our Appalachian At-Promise youth.
Eligible students must be:
- Legal residents of Georgia
- First-time college students
- Graduates from a GACHE eligible school
Targeted students:
- First generation college attendees
- Considered “at-risk” for not attending college
- Accepted or applied to a GACHE partner college, technical college, or university
- Have overcome significant obstacles to complete high school
- Employed or significantly responsible for their own financial well-being
