Comments on: SMILE Program Turns 20 http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2008/05/21/smile-program-turns-20/ The blog of Oregon State University's Office of Admissions Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: SMILE Challenge Weekend 2009 » OSU Admissions Blog http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2008/05/21/smile-program-turns-20/comment-page-1/#comment-20638 SMILE Challenge Weekend 2009 » OSU Admissions Blog Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:46:27 +0000 http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/?p=551#comment-20638 [...] traveling to OSU to participate in the annual challenge weekend. Now in it’s 21st year (they held their 20th anniversary not too long ago) the SMILE Program hosted students from across the state and invited them to participate in various [...]

]]> By: Liz http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2008/05/21/smile-program-turns-20/comment-page-1/#comment-16177 Liz Wed, 28 May 2008 19:00:00 +0000 http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/?p=551#comment-16177 Have any of you seen The Pythagorean Puzzle?

Around the early 70′s professor Jensen from Lake Forest College – Physics Dept. showed an example of phenomenological in his puzzle. I think he should have won the SMILE award for that.

]]> By: Blake http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2008/05/21/smile-program-turns-20/comment-page-1/#comment-15994 Blake Thu, 22 May 2008 07:54:08 +0000 http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/?p=551#comment-15994 SMILE was also recognized in 1999 by then President Bill Clinton (from http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/newsarch/1999/Oct99/smile.htm)

“The Science and Math Investigative Learning Experience, or SMILE program at OSU, has received the 1999 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. It was one of only five such awards made to institutions around the nation, and includes a $10,000 grant.”

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