Staff Reports
TERRE HAUTE — Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, responding to intensified demand for high-level summer camps in science, technology, engineering and math — STEM — is launching a program for rising high school juniors.
Project Select, a week-long residential experience, will be filled with immersive, hands-on projects under the mentorship of Rose-Hulman professors.
It is specially designed for high school students who have completed the sophomore year and will be a junior during the 2019-20 school year. It is modeled in part on the institute’s highly successful Operation Catapult summer program for rising high school seniors.
The projects will showcase how science and engineering principles can be applied to solve challenging problems. The students’ solutions will be tested using state-of-the-art equipment.
For years, parents have clamored for an expansion of Operation Catapult or a similar offering into earlier grades, according to Rose Hulman officials.
Operation Catapult, at 52 years old, is one of the oldest science and technology camps in the nation, and has developed a reputation for combining fun with challenging exposure to STEM concepts under the tutelage of Rose-Hulman faculty. It attracts students from across the globe who have completed their junior year of high school or equivalent.
Project Select will take place June 23 to 29 at Rose-Hulman. The cost for the residential experience is $1,450 per student.
Admission is selective and there are a limited number of registration opportunities available this year.
Registration requires a recommendation from a high school counselor or teacher and a student’s high school transcript that includes first-semester grades from the sophomore year. Home-schooled students must file a recommendation from a professor, employer, activity organizer or someone else outside the home.
Program and registration information is available at rose-hulman.edu/select. Students and parents also may contact Rene Hankins, Rose-Hulman’s director of pre-college outreach, at 812-877-8220 or hankins@rose-hulman.edu.
