FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 6, 2006

Contact: Anika Mitchell Perkins

(662) 329-7124

 

MUW to host Future Problem Solving Bowl

 

            COLUMBUS, Miss. – Mississippi University for Women will host the annual Mississippi Future Problem Solving Affiliate Bowl April 6-7.

            Events on Thursday will run from 12:30-5 p.m. Friday’s events will begin at 8 a.m. and finish at noon.

            The bowl serves as a creative problem solving competition for elementary, middle and high school students. It is the end of a yearlong program where students were challenged to creatively seek, attack and solve problems related to projections into the future. Students worked on three problems throughout the year including “Climate Change/Climate Threat,” “Freedom of Speech” and “Nutrition.”

Thirty of the top teams from across Mississippi will compete in the events. Students in grades fourth through sixth, seventh through ninth and 10th through 12th will work on the general topic, “Healthcare Access,” for this year’s bowl. The specific nature of the problem and attempts to solve it will not be allowed until the bowl begins.

The top three teams from each grade division will receive trophies. State champions will be invited to represent Mississippi at the Future Problem Solving International Conference at Colorado State University in June.

The Future Problem Solving Bowl at MUW is funded by a Congressionally-directed grant through the Roger F. Wicker Center for Creative Learning.

            For more information, please contact the Roger F. Wicker Center for Creative Learning at (662) 241-6101.