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- PRESS RELEASE / PHOTO-OP Contact: Cameron Moore cmoore@mods.net or 954.713.0904 FAU and Museum of Discovery and Science Partner to Offer
- Thursday, June 25, 2015 at FAU’s SeaTech in Dania Beach - June 23, 2015, Fort Lauderdale
- ABOUT THE JERRY TAYLOR NANCY BRYANT FOUNDATION
- ABOUT FAU’S SEATECH
- ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE
- Media Contacts
FAU and Museum of Discovery and Science Partner to Offer Ocean Explorers Summer Camp for 7th and 8th Grade Students. - Photo opportunity of students racing solar powered boats at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, 2015 at FAU’s SeaTech in Dania Beach - June 23, 2015, Fort Lauderdale – The Museum of Discovery and Science has partnered with Florida Atlantic University for the third year in a row to create a marine biology/engineering Ocean Explorers summer camp for incoming seventh and eighth grade students. This five-day camp is offered three separate weeks this summer with program support generously provided by the Jerry Taylor & Nancy Bryant Foundation. Campers will spend two days at the Museum of Discovery and Science and three days at FAU’s SeaTech in Dania Beach exploring coastal marine and coral reef ecosystems. They will conduct estuary and barrier island fieldwork and tour FAU’s ocean engineering and electronics labs, submarine, and flow tunnel. Plus, learn about sea turtles, marine science careers, and design, build, and race a solar-powered boat. Museum president and CEO Kim Cavendish said, “This marine science camp was piloted as a one week camp in 2013 as one of the Museum’s STEM Center’s initiatives to target middle school students interested in marine biology or engineering. Due to its success and increased demand, we increased the program to three weeks last year and will continue with three this year.” Ocean Explorer Camps occurs on three separate weeks: June 22-26, July 20-24 or August 10-14, 2015. The fee of $300 includes all camp workshop materials. Space is limited. Call 954.713.0930 for reservations. Campers should also bring two snacks, lunch, and a drink. Participants will be responsible for transportation arrangement to both the Museum of Discovery and Science and FAU’s SeaTech in Dania Beach. ABOUT THE JERRY TAYLOR & NANCY BRYANT FOUNDATION When Nancy Bryant and husband Jerry Taylor created their Fund at the Community Foundation, they wanted to gain a deeper understanding of local issues and invest in innovative solutions. Quickly sensing their conviction that children be given opportunities to succeed, their philanthropic advisors introduced them to work being done for foster youth who, taken from their families for their own protection as children, are released from the state’s care at the young age of 18. Nancy and Jerry were honored to take the lead in the recent Foster Success Challenge increase awareness and support for a cause that is important to them and to our community. “When we first learned about the plight of foster kids who must leave the state’s care, we cringed at how hopeless and alone they must feel,” said Byrant. “Working with the Community Foundation of Broward, we have now found innovative and constructive ways to help these youth overcome their misfortunes to carve a better path for their lives.” As a result of working together with our staff and community of philanthropists, the Jerry Taylor and Nancy Bryant Fund will change young lives …For Good. For Ever. More information: http://bit.ly/1KtOSSl ABOUT FAU’S SEATECH The Dania Beach site (SeaTech) is FAU's Institute for Ocean and Systems Engineering, located on eight acres between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway in Dania Beach, Fla., with valuable access to the ocean and seawater. Established in 1997 as a state-funded Type II research center, the institute is part of FAU's Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering. Its team of world-class faculty members, engineers, technicians and students are engaged in federally and industry-sponsored ocean engineering research and technology development in the areas of acoustics, marine vehicles, hydrodynamics and physical oceanography, marine materials and nanocomposites. SeaTech builds on and complements the academic programs of the Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering and forms the means for technology advancement, collaboration with academia, industry and government, and transition of research projects to applications. http://www.fau.edu/broward/daniabeach/ ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE The mission of the Museum of Discovery and Science is to provide experiential pathways to lifelong learning in science for children and adults through exhibits, programs and films. Founded in 1976 as The Discovery Center, the nonprofit facility serves approximately 400,000 visitors annually. Major operational support for the Museum is provided through generous support by Leadership Guild members including: Broward Health, JM Family Enterprises, Inc., Sun Sentinel and Wells Fargo. The Museum is open seven days a week, 365 days a year; Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. with extended IMAX® hours on most evenings. General Admission prices are $19 for adults; $18 seniors; $15 children 2 to 12. Children under 2 are free. A General Admission Ticket includes admission to the Museum exhibits and one classic 45-minute IMAX movie. The Museum of Discovery and Science is located downtown at 401 SW Second Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312. For more information about the Museum, visitors should call 954.467.MODS (6637) or visit our web site at www.mods.org Media Contacts: Marlene Janetos 954.713.0915 mjanetos@mods.net Theresa Waldron 954.713.0901 twaldron@mods.net Cameron Moore 954.713.0904 cmoore@mods.net ###
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