Sunday, October 30, 2016
High School Students Engineering Mousetrap Competition
Chester, Pa. – Nearly 300 students from the mid-Atlantic region are set to
square off at Widener University in a competition requiring creative design,
careful planning, and – a mousetrap. Sponsored by Widener’s School of
Engineering, the challenge requires students to build a vehicle that
will be powered by ONLY a mousetrap.
The student teams from regional high
schools were sent a common design problem and set of vehicle specifications.
They have all been encouraged to “think” like practicing engineers, using the
guidelines to plan and implement a competitive vehicle design. Competition
participants will be using Victor brand wooden mouse snap traps in order to
create mouse trap-powered devices at the event.
The high school teams from the region will gather at Widener’s
Schwartz Athletic Center on Wednesday, November 2 to compete against each
other to see whose design has the most – creativity, functionality, and can go
the furthest using just a mousetrap as power.
The final competitive round will
take place around 11 a.m., but students will begin competing as early as 10
a.m.
This is a great way to highlight
students being innovative in science at an event that has been taking place for
34 years offered by one of the oldest engineering programs.
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Self-development project seeks Black Male high school students
Press Release by Ulysses “Butch” Slaughter
The New Black Mantra and Practice
Institute is seeking Black Male high school students to participate in our new
Black Male Transformation Project. This exciting four-week project begins Sunday,
November 6, 2016 and will be hosted by the MJ Freed Theatre in Chester, PA. The
cost for the course is $100. Candidates must exhibit a high level of
self-discipline and initiative to be considered for this limited opportunity.
Candidates must also commit to attending each of the two-hour, weekly sessions
for all four consecutive weeks. A project completion production is scheduled
and all participants will receive awards.
In keeping with the strategic
mission of this project, there are no scholarships available. However, accepted
applicants will learn how to quickly realize a return on their course
investment.
Contact project founder, Ulysses
“Butch” Slaughter, at 267.318.0117 for more information.
The Black Male Transformation
Project (BMTP) is an engaging personal development enterprise that teaches
young Black Males critical life skills and business values necessary to
establish a life-long practice of innovation. Participants will learn how their
self-image impacts their self-empowerment and their social capital network.
Participants will also examine the lives of highly effective Black Men and
learn to use lessons from the past to forge a fascinating future.
As members of this first training group,
high-achieving individuals will have the opportunity to remain connected to the
project and help develop new products and services for customers from around
the world.
No applicants will be considered
after the November 6, 2016 start date. For more information on the work of
Ulysses “Butch” Slaughter, go to ulyssesbutchslaughter.com.
Saturday, October 15, 2016
Beyond Our Years of Service (BOYS) Brunch
BOYS
Committee: (Left to Right) President Ben Walker, Ed. Consultant Staci
Hall-Harding, Financial Sec. Lavera Foster, Secretary Marsha Taylor-Robertson,
Business Manager/Teasurer Mildred McLaughlin, Vice President Calvin Laws, and
center Youth Counselor David Robinson of the Boys & Girls Club
The Beyond Our Years of Service (BOYS) committee organized
its second brunch to honor this year’s recipient the Boys & Girls Club of
Chester. The event was held at The Austin Room in Chichester, PA. More retired
employees than present gathered to reflect on their years of service and to
give their support for the organization. Last year the recipient was the PTO of
the various schools in the district. Founder Mildred McLaughlin said, “Once the
donation is counted, the amount to the Boys & Girls Club will be revealed.”
George Carter, Jr. and Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club Janet Riley-Ford
George Carter, Jr. spoke at the brunch in honor of
his father George Carter, Sr. who was the Executive Director of the Boys and
Girls Club of Chester for 50 years. This is the 86 year for the club which opened
in 1930 for boys to go. George Carter, Jr. said his Father’s dream was to move
the club from Front Street so they had a fundraiser to move the club to its present
location on 7th Street. The new club is named for his father. Carter spoke
of his father’s passing and that his father told him to “Trust in God and wait
on my dreams.” He thanked the BOYS organization, “Thanks for the fundraiser to
carry the torch a little further.”
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