The Tom Carrigan '59 Scholarship winner was John McCormick, son of Pat A. McCormick '77 and his wife, Maureen, from Blue Bell, Pa., near Philadelphia. A limited number of the WJU Series One Collectible Plates sold at Alumni Weekend are still available. To order, call the Advancement Office at x2296. It is not too late to go on an educational journey through space flight at the Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling Jesuit University. This summer's camps will center around the history of flight and how it has evolved since the Wright Brothers.
Summer camps are open to children in grades two through four and grades five through eight.
Each group of campers focuses on learning about space while exploring their critical thinking powers and decision making skills. The hope of the Challenger Learning Center is that some of the young people who visit the facility will be inspired to become knowledgeable in the evolving scientific fields that will take humanity into the next century. Activities include design and construction of a hot air balloon, weightless activities in a pool, building and launching model rockets and simulated space missions in the Challenger Center's mission control and space station. The children separate into two groups, with one acting as the Earth bound mission team and the other a flight crew heading off to the space station. Over the next two hours, they will simulate an actual space flight, working together to solve problems, cope with unexpected emergencies, gather sample molecules from oncoming comets and conduct experiments.