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Brooke Boyd, a freshman at
Crossland Ninth Grade Center, has been selected to attend the Congress of Future
Scientists and Technology Leaders on June 28-30, 2015, in Boston.
April 2, 2015
Brooke Boyd, a freshman at
Crossland Ninth Grade Center, has been selected to attend the Congress of Future
Scientists and Technology Leaders on June 28-30, 2015, in Boston.The conference is organized
by the National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists for high school
honor students who are passionate about science, technology, engineering, or
mathematics (STEM).
At the Congress, students
will be mentored by luminaries in a wide variety of scientific fields as well
as leaders from government and the public sector, including Nobel Laureates,
top scientific university deans, and leaders in scientific research and
cutting-edge technology, as well as leaders from private industry.
“When I think of the
intelligence and ingenuity that got us on the moon – and brought us back – and
how it has developed and influenced since then, I am excited for the future and
especially future space travel. Yet,
there are things we can do now to make the future even brighter,” commented
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the academy’s science director.
Aldrin continued, “The academy
provides young people, parents, and teachers with information and guidance on
the wide-ranging opportunities in STEM fields through free services including
educational programs, mentoring teleseminars, a library, and a social network
that connects young people with each other and also with STEM professionals and
academicians.”
Based at Harvard University, the
national academy was chartered as a nonpartisan, taxpaying institution to help
identify, encourage, and mentor students who wish to devote their lives to
advances in society as scientists, technologists, engineers, and
mathematicians.
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