GRANT TO BE SOUGHT TO BUILD SCIENCE CENTER FOR CHILDREN

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 15, 1992                   TAG: 9201150126
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY  
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: RADFORD                                LENGTH: Short
GRANT TO BE SOUGHT TO BUILD SCIENCE CENTER FOR CHILDREN
The Council for Community Enrichment announced Tuesday that it will apply for a National Science Foundation grant this August to pay for an innovative educational center to be called DiscoveryWorks.
The center would be designed to stimulate New River Valley children's interest in the sciences by offering programs that integrate science, arts and the humanities through special exhibits, classes, performing-arts programs and hands-on activities.
Pat Shoemaker, a Radford University professor, said the council will apply for a five-year grant to fund the project beginning in 1993. Professors and graduate students at Radford are working with the council to come up with a curriculum and plans for the DiscoveryWorks center.
Congressman Rick Boucher, D-Abingdon, who is chairman of the House Subcommittee on Science, told the group Tuesday that he thought it stood a good chance of getting a National Science Foundation grant, but he also stressed that the new center would need funds from local government and from businesses to succeed.
"Having a science center in the city of Radford makes a lot of sense. You have a lot of expertise to draw on," he said, referring to Radford University and to high-tech industries in the community. Boucher serves on the Council for Community Enrichment's advisory board.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB