West Virginia State University to Host “You be the Chemist Challenge” April 13

4/11/2018

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Contact: Jack Bailey
(304) 766-4109
jbaile19@wvstateu.edu
   
INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host the annual Dow Chemical “You be the Chemist Challenge” beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 13, in the James C. Wilson University Union.

Students from 11 area middle schools will be competing in the challenge, an interactive academic contest that encourages students in grades 5-8 to explore chemistry concepts and their real-world applications.

More than 60 competitors are expected from the following area middle schools:

• Andrew Jackson
• Calvary Baptist Academy
• Charleston Catholic
• Clay County
• Dupont
• East Bank
• Hurricane        
• McKinley
• Sissonville
• Stonewall Jackson
• Winfield

Students compete against one another through numerous rounds of multiple-choice questions that test their knowledge of chemistry concepts, important discoveries and chemical safety awareness.

Sponsored locally and nationally by Dow Chemical, the challenge is an academic competition created by the Chemical Educational Foundation. For more information about the competition, visit the Foundation’s website at www.chemed.org.

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West Virginia State University is a public, land grant, historically black university, which has evolved into a fully accessible, racially integrated, and multi-generational institution, located in Institute, W.Va. As a “living laboratory of human relations,” the university is a community of students, staff, and faculty committed to academic growth, service, and preservation of the racial and cultural diversity of the institution. Its mission is to meet the higher education and economic development needs of the state and region through innovative teaching and applied research.