Gannon University Summer School of Excellence

03/22/2022

Applications for 2022 Gannon Summer School of Excellence are open!
Space is limited, apply today!
https://gannoncamps.com/

The camp is partially funded by PA DEP CZM grant.

07/16/2021

Students this week got introduced to water quality with Dr. Kim and were able to test samples from Lake Erie for TDS and BOD 💧📝
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This activity gives students a chance to see what different educational opportunities students in the Environmental Science & Engineering program may experience.
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07/16/2021

Yesterday was spent designing effective filters to obtain the best turbidity and color removal for water samples💧

Students had to visit our “shop” and budget their purchasing of materials to not only have an effective design but also an efficient one 💵

07/08/2021

…and what would field work be without lab work? Students took time in the lab afterwards to sort and categorize the macro-invertebrates found to then assess the health of the stream 🔬

07/08/2021

We had an awesome last two days out in the field doing stream assessments to collect macro-invertebrates 🪱 🐌🤓

04/24/2021

Applications for 2021 Gannon Summer School of Excellence are open!

This camp provides high-achieving and ambitious high school juniors and seniors (as of fall 2021) an eight-day intensive laboratory and field research experience in the sciences and engineering. Camp participants work alongside Gannon faculty members and students to explore the ecology and health of coastal areas and water bodies. Students will learn about careers in coastal zone management, ecology, and other areas of biology, environmental science and engineering, and chemistry. Participants will study Lake Erie and Presque Isle Bay aboard Gannon University’s research vessel, the Environaut.

This experience is sure to make your summer memorable. Space is limited, apply today!

08/27/2019

Book by a very inspirational young climate activist.

The history-making, ground-breaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who has become the voice of a generation 'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today' In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day. Her actions ended u...

07/20/2019

🐟Feeding time at the fish hatchery! 🐟

See our instagram page (gusummerschoolofexcellence) for more pictures from the fish hatchery!

07/17/2019

🐟Why don't fish play basketball? .. Because they're afraid of the net! 🌊
These fish didn't escape Dr. Andraso's trawling net, but they did give us a peek into the species diversity in the bay.

@ Presque Isle Bay