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Colchester, VT 05439
NEWS
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 28, 2010
Contact:
Buff Lindau
(802) 654-2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Saint Michael’s Hosts 48 Boy Scouts in Merit Badge Clinic on
Electronics
Professor William Karstens,
Saint Michael’s College Chairman of the Department of Physics and Chemistry, is
also Assistant Scout Master for Troop 692 in Williston. With those connections,
Dr. Karstens spearheaded a clinic in the physics lab at Saint Michael’s College
on March 28 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Some 48 Boy Scouts participated in the marathon
Electronics Merit Badge Clinic, rotating in two groups of 24 through two
sessions.
“One session involved building a circuit on a breadboard to light an LED
and make measurements of current, voltage and resistance,” Dr. Karstens said.
“The other involved learning how to solder and build a circuit that converts
between decimal and binary numbers, among other things,” he said.
The 48 scouts,
and 12 parent volunteers, came from the Three Rivers District, which includes
the whole Northeast of Vermont, Chittenden County, St. Albans, and more, Dr.
Karstens said.
Program Coordinators were Professor Karstens and Tim
Platt, Advancement Coordinator for the District, who organized the clinic
and purchased all the kits necessary for working on the badge.
Learn What Matters at
Saint Michael’s College, The Edmundite Catholic liberal arts college,
www.smcvt.edu . Saint Michael’s provides education with a social
conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools to lead successful,
purposeful lives that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded
in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser,
Saint Michael’s College is located three miles from Burlington, Vermont, one of
America’s top college towns. It is identified by the Princeton Review as
one of the nation’s Best 371 Colleges, and will be included in the 2011
Fiske Guide to Colleges. Saint Michael’s is one of only 270
colleges and universities nationwide, one of only 20 Catholic colleges, with a
Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Saint Michael’s has 1,900 undergraduate students,
some 500 graduate students and 100 international students. Saint Michael’s
students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Pickering,
Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation’s Best
Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2009 U.S. News &
World Report rankings.
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