“Dig Into Science” Contest for Students

Contact: In New Hampshire: Jennifer Booth 10 Centre Road Somersworth, NH 03878-2926 603.692.0088 jbooth@swcole.com In Maine: David Dunning 37 Liberty Drive Bangor, ME 04401-5784 207.848.5714 ddunning@swcole.com

S. W. Cole Engineering, Inc. Announces “Dig Into Science” Contest for Students

Firm Repeats Successful Contest; Six Winners to Receive Engineering and Science Program Transportation Stipend

                 

Bangor, May 21, 2012:  For the second year in a row, S. W. Cole Engineering, Inc. will hold a contest this fall for schools throughout the company’s service areas to promote science and engineering educational programs. The contest, called “Dig Into Science with S. W. Cole Engineering,” is open to science, math or engineering students in first through 12^th grade in Maine and New Hampshire.

One winner will be chosen for each of the company’s six offices, for a total of six winning classes. Each winner will be awarded $1,000 for the purpose of attending a pre-approved extra-curricular program related to science, math or engineering. More than 20 programs and centers are on the list of approved programs, including the Challenger Learning Center of Maine in Bangor, Maine; Seacoast Science Center in Rye, New Hampshire; Mad Science of Maine; McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, New Hampshire; and many other programs throughout the area, including many children’s museums and planetariums. Stipends can also be used to bring an assembly or interactive program to the school, and winners may also suggest a program not on the list. Winning schools must use the stipend at a Maine or New Hampshire based program or center by the end of the 2012-2013 school year.

Students will enter the contest as a class (for example, Miss Jones’ 3^rd grade class at an elementary school, or Mr. Smith’s fourth-period 11^th grade chemistry class) and will do so with an application as well as a video that they will submit to S. W. Cole electronically.

The contest will begin in September. More information, including exact start and end dates and rules for entering, will be available this summer on S. W. Cole’s website (http://www.swcole.com) and the firm’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/SWColeEngineering). Visit S. W. Cole’s YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/SWColeEngineering to view last year’s entries and winning videos.

Established in 1979, S. W. Cole Engineering, Inc. is an employee-owned firm of over 90 scientists, engineers, and technicians providing geotechnical engineering, geology, environmental and natural resource consulting, and construction materials testing for projects throughout New England. In addition to the firm’s corporate headquarters in Bangor, Maine, S. W. Cole also has five branch offices throughout Maine (Augusta, Caribou and Gray) and New Hampshire (Keene and Somersworth).