Important EPICS Spring Break Announcements ________________________________ Lab Access The lab will be card-swipe access only during Spring Break. TA and staff support will be minimal. Please exercise caution if using the labs and do not work with equipment alone. ________________________________ Laces for Lisa Fundraiser at HotBox Pizza - March 14 Laces for Lisa is a 5K Run/Walk held on April 27th in memory of Lisa Strueh. HotBox offered to dedicate a day to Laces for Lisa where 20% of all sales will be donated. All buyers have to do is mention "Laces for Lisa 5K" before ordering (in store or delivery). See attached flyer for details. ________________________________ MATHCOUNTS - March 9 This is a fun mathematics competition for 6/7/8 graders. Purdue is hosting the State competition and we expect about 220 students from all over Indiana. The majority of volunteers will be helping with the scoring effort. Lunch is provided! Volunteer at https://goo.gl/forms/W1PX1zITfxnT42GH3. Contact hughe162@purdue.edu<mailto:hughe162@purdue.edu> for details. ________________________________ International Development (I2D) Exposition - March 29 This event highlights Purdue's incredible engineering innovations focused on addressing the Sustainable Development Goals. As part of this event, students from across the College of Engineering have the opportunity to participate in the Exposition Poster Session, where they can share their research and connect with development professionals from the government, academia, and non-profit space. We would like to encourage as many student teams to participate as possible and would greatly appreciate if you could please share the attached information with your students. ________________________________ Inspire to Innovate 2019 - April 27 Interested in showcasing your project to kids in the community? The DKC EPICs team is co-hosting the 3rd annual Inspire to Innovate in partnership with The Anvil and Deaf Kids Code. This is a free interactive event that is targeted to get kids including those with disabilities interested in STEM. We are looking to have EPICs teams that would like to showcase their project at an interactive booth for the event on Sunday April 7th from 2-5pm at The Anvil. If your team is interested, please contact bzammit@purdue.edu<mailto:bzammit@purdue.edu> for more information. ________________________________ Follow Us: [Image result for twitter logo]<https://twitter.com/EPICSPurdue> [Image result for facebook logo] <https://www.facebook.com/epicspurdue/> [Image result for linkedin logo] <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5109739> ________________________________ Andrew Pierce EPICS Academic Administrator Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering - Room 1209 701 West Stadium Avenue West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 Email: pierce1@purdue.edu<mailto:pierce1@purdue.edu> Phone: (765) 494-3559 http://www.purdue.edu/epics