Fall Parent/Guardian and Student Meeting – Saturday August 26, 2017 – 10:30-12:00
REQUIRED FOR NEW and RETURNING FAMILIES
Education Building on UNO’s Campus: We are located on Founder’s Road off of Leon C. Simon Blvd. Directions to Education Building
Meet our staff, find out information about the academic year schedule, how to sign up for our text messaging notifications, our new partnership with Iberia Bank and more.
Call Ms. Laurie at 504-280-1262 if you have any questions.
We expect a nicer day tomorrow- half day with Electives- a visit from the Archeology Dept. (dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones..!) and swimming- if the sun stays out !
Due to the predicted rainfall from Tropical Storm Cindy, we have had to cancel our classes and field trips for this week. We MAY have classes on Thursday- check your Remind text messaging or call your program advisor or Ms. Laurie for details. Classes shall resume Friday with Electives day and a special guest from the Archaeology department at UNO!
Today our first day began rainy, yet we had a full house!
Regular classes start tomorrow- if you weren’t here today, you need to meet with Ms. Laurie tomorrow to check in after breakfast.
Calendars, binders and t-shirts were handed out and students were divided into groups.
Be sure to contact Ms. Stephanie or Ms. Laurie if you have any questions about bus or any other questions.
Students learned firsthand from Privateer baseball players and UNO science and engineering students about basic science and engineering principles and then saw those principles put into action during an intercollegiate game. Saturday’s event was the first edition of UNO’s Inside Sports program, which is designed to give high school students a better appreciation of science and engineering concepts that play an important role in sports.
Inside Sports is presented by UNO’s Office of Research, College of Sciences and College of Engineering. Saturday’s program focused on baseball and probed concepts such as kinetic energy, motion and how the materials of the bat and ball affect how they behave in a game. Matt Tarr, UNO’s vice president for research and economic development, welcomed them and delivered an overview of the basic concepts. Students heard from members of the Privateers baseball team about how these concepts factor into their experiences on the field. Breaking out into smaller groups, high schoolers participated in an exercise with the help of undergraduate students from UNO science and engineering programs that allowed them to calculate their own reaction time.
