COMMUNITY TESTIMONIALS

Program participants - students, mentors, alumni, volunteers, and sponsors - make the Minnesota Academy of Science community what it is.

I’ve got a lot of research opportunities because of science fair.

—Haley, 2019 JSHS & SSEF Winner

Science Bowl

Girl Power Q&A: Three 2016 High School Bowl Competitors
How a Small School of 200 Thrives at 2016 Science Bowl

Science Fair

Parthiv Krishna: Launches Science Fair Project to the Next Level
Carolyn Jons: “Science Fair certainly ignited my passion for discovery”
Hari Ganti: Science Fair Alum Channels Skills Honed in High School to Career in Startup
Logan Pallin: Cloquet Science Fair Alum Conducts Antarctic Humpback Whale Research
Bethany Rosemore: Science Fair Alum Takes Her Love of Environmental Science Around the World

FORSE

“I couldn’t believe I was going to be mentored by an actual scientist. I don’t think I’ve even ever met an actual scientist. My mentor taught me so much. I would have an idea and not be totally sure how to do it and they would just start showing me how to make it by writing a computer program or going to a lab. This was stuff that I thought was so hard but they showed me that I could do it mostly on my own if I wanted to learn, ask questions, and or ask for help.””

Mateo Ramirez, 11th grade ESI student intern St. Paul, MN

volunteers

“Seeing all those smart kids restores my faith in the future.”

Kelly Coleman, Medtronic

“My favorite part of the Science Bowl was observing the mental process of the kids as they came up with answers.”

Claudia Zierold, DiaSorin

“I am now driven to be the mentor that I never had, supporting underrepresented students in the process of scientific discovery.”

Mounica Kota, FORSE mentor

Teachers

“I feel privileged that students come to me with their ideas and I get to teach them to take an idea from their mind and apply it to the real world.”

Rawan Hamade, Seagate Excellence in Science Mentoring Award winner

General Mills’ Heidi Teoh speaks about innovation at Junior Science & Humanities Symposium

Do you have something to say about the impact of an MAS program on your life or your students? Please contribute your story to this collection by contacting MAS Communications Specialist Emily Shepard. Thank you!