Mississippi Science &Engineering Fair returns to Hattiesburg

By Staff
special to The Star
Feb. 22, 2004
HATTIESBURG The Mississippi Region I Science &Engineering Fair will be March 2 at the James Lynn Cartlidge Forrest County Multi Purpose Center.
The fair will be presented by the University of Southern Mississippi and will include 24 counties in South and Central Mississippi including Clarke County. In 2003, more than 1,200 projects were displayed in the show.
This is the first time the USM Region I Fair will be at the Forrest County Multi Purpose Center, and similar participation is expected for 2004. More than 1,000 children in the first- through the 12th-grades will compete from more than 75 schools and home schools.
Categories for the Science &Engineering Fair include chemistry, engineering, math, physics, environmental science, computers, zoology, botany and earth and space science. More than 130 judges will determine the winners.
The fair's top winners will receive ribbons and trophies. Sheila Hendry, the Region I co-director of the Mississippi Science &Engineering Fair said up to 12 winners will advance to compete in the state competition in Oxford this April.
Additionally, the top two winners from Region I will advance to the International Science &Engineering Fair later this year in Portland, Ore.
Public viewing for the fair is free to the public and will take place from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. For more information about this or other events at the Multi Purpose Center, call (601) 583-7500 or visit the Web site at www.co.forrest.ms.us.