MURFREESBORO — The ominous poster for this summer’s CSI:MTSU forensic
youth camp will be no match for the curious young investigators ready to dive
right in to the scene and “solve a whirlwind of a mystery.”
Registration is
underway now for CSI:MTSU, a four-day program for area students who'll be
entering ninth through 12th grades.
This year's camp is
scheduled June 24-27 at MTSU, and, like the seven camps preceding it, features
a different crime scenario and different locations on and around the MTSU
campus.
Registration is $250
per student, which includes all camp activities, labs, lunches, snacks and a
CSI:MTSU T-shirt for each camper. For more information or to register online,
visit http://www.csimtsu.com and
click on the "CSI:MTSU Camp" link. You also can call 615-494-7713.
The CSI:MTSU campers
will venture to the Tennessee Fire and Codes Academy near Deason, Tenn., on
their first day, where they’ll learn about this year’s windswept crime. They’ll
be faced with a re-creation of an actual crime scene and be divided into teams
to solve the crime with the help of forensic professionals serving as coaches.
Campers will learn
the fundamentals of collecting and processing all the evidence they’ve
discovered, including fingerprints, fibers, DNA, shoe prints and simulated
blood spatter. They’ll learn how to conduct interviews and develop theories as a
team, then they’ll present their findings and conclusions to a panel of
forensic scientists on the last day of camp.
Along with CSI:MTSU
camps, the Forensic Institute for Research and Education, established in 2006
by MTSU anthropology professor Dr. Hugh Berryman, offers free public lectures
featuring renowned forensic-science experts each semester.
FIRE also provides
regular educational and training opportunities for law enforcement, medical
examiners, coroners, attorneys, social workers and other groups in forensic
science and homeland security.
You can learn more
about FIRE by visiting http://www.mtsu.edu/fire
or emailing fire@mtsu.edu.
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