Gary Senn
From Aiken, SC
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Raymond (Ray) Tran was recently honored for his 30-plus years of volunteer service with the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center's (RPSEC) Traveling Science and Mathematics Demonstrations program. Tran, an Engineer with Savannah River Mission Complet...
October, 18 2022 - USC Aiken
December is a very exciting time for many reasons. This year, it is an extra special month because we have 11 palindrome dates! That is right! There are 11 dates in December that can be written the same both forward and backward. 12/1/21 12121 12/...
December, 01 2021 - USC AikenThe DuPont Planetarium on the University of South Carolina Aiken (USCA) campus will be debuting Mars: One Thousand One, a film about the riveting journey aboard IRIS 1, the first manned mission to the red planet. The show, produced by Evans & Sutherlan...
November, 04 2021 - USC Aiken
The DuPont Planetarium on the University of South Carolina Aiken (USCA) campus will be debuting Mars: One Thousand One, a film about the riveting journey aboard IRIS 1, the first manned mission to the red planet. The show, produced by Evans & Sutherlan...
October, 13 2021 - USC Aiken
On Wednesday, September 1, the University of South Carolina Aiken (UofSC Aiken) kicked off their annual Family Fund campaign with the "Give a Little, Get a Latte" event. During the event, the first 100 faculty and staff who gave or pledged to the campa...
September, 02 2021 - USC Aiken
The University of South Carolina Aiken's Ruth Patrick Science Education Center is joining NASA to host International Observe the Moon Night on Sept. 26, from 6 - 10 p.m. The annual, free event on campus is sponsored by the Astronomy Club of Augusta,...
September, 09 2020 - USC Aiken
The Ruth Patrick Science Education Center on the campus of the University of South Carolina AIken has been identified as one of the national unveiling sites for the 30th anniversary Hubble image, which takes place Friday, April 24, at 1 p.m. "W...
April, 23 2020 - USC Aiken
The Ruth Patrick Science Education Center staff has decided that if K-12 students can't come visit them on the campus of the University of South Carolina Aiken, they'll just go where the students are these days -- at home. "Soon after public an...
April, 21 2020 - USC Aiken
The DuPont Planetarium at the University of South Carolina Aiken will rock out to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon throughout the month of November, specifically every Saturday at 8 p.m. Seating is limited; reservations are encouraged. For mo...
October, 31 2019 - USC Aiken
The Ruth Patrick Science Education Center will host several activities during the Mercury transit across the Sun on Nov. 11. All events are free and open to the public. "The transit of Mercury is a fairly rare event that occurs only whe...
October, 24 2019 - USC Aiken
The South Carolina Association of Middle Level Education, or SCAMLE, awarded Dr. Gary Senn the Dr. Jennifer L. Wilson Teaching Excellence Award. This honor recognizes "significant contributions of...
May, 31 2019 - USC Aiken
The Ruth Patrick Science Education Center's annual Family Earth and Sky Night, May 11, features engaging presentations and dynamic activities. "Come join us at USC Aiken for a fun filled evening as we celebrate Family Earth and Sky Night as par...
April, 24 2019 - USC Aiken
Presenter at the 2019 Annual Conference of the SC Association for Middle Level Education, March 1-3 in Myrtle Beach, SC.
March, 26 2019 - USC AikenThe South Carolina Association of Middle Level Education, or SCAMLE, awarded Dr. Gary Senn the Dr. Jennifer L. Wilson Teaching Excellence Award. This honor recognizes "significant contributions of a classroom teacher, literacy leader, or teache...
March, 18 2019 - USC Aiken
The Ruth Patrick Science Education Center announced the recipient of its annual award Spirit of Ruth Patrick Award April Layfield, a 4th grade teacher at Millbrook Elementary School earned the annual award. "This award recognizes a teac...
March, 04 2019 - USC AikenAnyone who glances up at the night sky later this month is in for an unusual sight. On Jan 20, a total lunar eclipse will take place. A lunar eclipse is sometimes referred to as a 'blood moon' for the reddish hue the moon becomes as it passes into E...
January, 14 2019 - USC Aiken
The South Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics awarded two University of South Carolina Aiken professors the Outstanding Contribution to Mathematics Education Award for 2018. Dr. Gwendolyn B. Johnson and Gloria Allen earned the award bas...
January, 11 2019 - USC Aiken
For a limited time only, the DuPont Planetarium in the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center, on the campus of the University of South Carolina Aiken, is showing Mystery of the Christmas Star. While viewing this show, audiences of all ages will...
December, 14 2018 - USC Aiken
Dr. Gary Senn, director of the University of South Carolina Aiken Ruth Patrick Science Education Center, is now the president of the National Association of Professors of Middle Level Education. "I was honored to be elected as president and loo...
November, 28 2018 - USC Aiken
The Ruth Patrick Science Education Center celebrated three decades of STEM education for K-12th grade students. "We all have an obligation to excite and engage families about STEM fields," said Dr. Sandra Jordan, chancellor. "Here, youn...
October, 09 2018 - USC Aiken
There are approximately one billion trillion stars in the known universe, but only one that has supported life on Earth for millennia, the sun. With a diameter 100 times the size of the Earth and a surface temperature of 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, thi...
August, 31 2018 - USC Aiken
Palindrome is not a widely used word, but it is a "fun" one, according to the director of the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center at the University of South Carolina Aiken. "It is simply a sequence of characters that read the same forward and...
August, 01 2018 - USC Aiken
The University of South Carolina Aiken celebrates the reopening of the upgraded DuPont Planetarium housed in the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center. More than 20 years after it first opened, the planetarium now boasts a state-of-the-art proj...
June, 08 2018 - USC Aiken