BSU hosting Science Fair this Saturday

BEMIDJI – Bemidji State University is hosting the 60th Northern Minnesota Regional Science Fair at 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Hall 100 on the BSU campus.

Exhibits are open to the public at 11:45 a.m., and the awards ceremony begins at 12:45 p.m. in Hagg-Sauer 100.

Approximately 150 students from a 15-county region will compete in the fair with the top projects advancing to the Minnesota State Science Fair, April 7-9, in Minneapolis.

This year’s keynote address will be given by Dr. Heidi Manning, professor of physics at Concordia College, in Moorhead, Minn., and a scientist on NASA’s Mars “Curiosity” rover mission.

For details, call Dr. Andrew Hafs at 755-2789 or Diane Morris at 755-4009.