Senior still optimistic after falling short in science competition
Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by webmaster1 in News
By Alex Sumnik
Staff Reporter
Thursday May 27, Laree Gardener stayed at home waiting for a call that would tell her if she would spend her summer half-way around the world or not. The phone rang, and once she picked it up she discovered that she had not received the award. She was the runner up.
Gardener’s skill in science put her up for the Weizmann Award, which is a prestigious championship medal for science.
“It sponsors a trip to go to an institution in Israel.When you’re there you get to use labs of a specific division that you choose, Chemistry, Biology, etc. and for three of the weeks you are there you have these labs available to do a research project and once finished you get to present it,” Gardener explains. “Also for the last week you go on a hike through the desert, it’s really cool.”
Most might expect Gardener to be upset when she received the news that she did not win.
“I was kind of relieved because I was nervous to go all the way to Israel for so long right before I go off to college,” Gardener said. “At first I really wanted to go but the more I thought about it the more scared I became. I mean if I had won I definitely would have gone but I would have to work on the home sick thing first.”
So this summer Gardener will spend time at home with her family just anticipating her future.
Next year, Gardener will carry out her love for science at Wayne State.
“I think I’m going to major in Chemistry engineering,” Gardener said. “Wayne state has a good science program and it’s close to home, that way I don’t have to worry about getting home sick.”
Although she is not positive about her major, Gardener is sure that she will stay somewhere in science. But for now she’s not too worried that. She’s just waiting to see where the world of science will take her.
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