Forty-fifth (45th) Annual South Carolina Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Friday January 29, 2016 University of South Carolina – Columbia Agenda 7:05 – 7:55 Registration - / Continental Breakfast 8:00 - 8:25 Welcome & Opening Remarks – Russell House Theater Provost Office ~ USC / Dean Arts & Sciences Department of Military Science ~ US Navy/Marine/Air Force ROTC~ USC US Marines/Navy / Ft Jackson Army Representative Dr. Don Jordan - Center for Science Education – USC 8:30 - 09:45 Rooms RH Theater; RH 322/326; RH 315; RH 305; RH 303: RH 203; RH 205; RH 348: WWBB Nursing Rm 129 & 131 First Round Student Presentations Student Presentations in competition for awards from USC College of Arts and Sciences. 09:45 - 10:05 Refreshment Break - Room 204 10:10 - 11:05 Rooms Same as above Second Round of Student Presentations 11:30 -12:40 Banquet – Keynote: Dr. Claudia Benitez-Nelson College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor Marine Science and Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences / University of South Carolina. Title: Celebrating the Failures in Science 1:00 - 2:45 Finalists Presentations –Russell House Theater Student Presentations in competition for scholarships and travel to the 54th 2016 National JSHS April 27 – 30, 2016 Air Force Research Lab Dayton Ohio 1:45 - 2:00 Refreshment Break - Room 204 2:00 – 2:45 Finalists Presentations (Continue) – Russell House Theater 2:45 – 3:05 Judges Room,. RH 201 / Five Member Finalist Panel: Members TBA 3:05 Awards Ceremony –Russell House Theater Department of Military Science / Dept of Navy/Marines/Air Force USC Dean, Arts & Sciences/ FT Jackson Army Representative College of Arts & Sciences --- Closing Remarks Judges Room RH 201