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The University of Southern Mississippi awarded 2018 Marsh W. White Outreach Award

OCT 01, 2018
The University of Southern Mississippi awarded 2018 Marsh W. White Outreach Award

The University of Southern Mississippi awarded 2018 Marsh W. White Outreach Award

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Project

Project Name: Promotion of Physics in the Hattiesburg Community

Project Leaders: Megan Payne

Chapter Advisors: Michael Vera

Project Description: The University of Southern Mississippi’s SPS chapter promotes physics in communities. While outreach is primarily aimed toward students in K-12, downtown Hattiesburg’s annual Hubfest allows SPS to present Physics demonstrations to people of all ages. The local festival attracted over 30,000 people in 2016.

Project Media:

Project Proposal (.pdf, 537 kb) Final Report (.pdf, 466 kb)