UMaine Food Science Camp Slated for August
Contact: Pameka Harris, Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, 207-581-1635; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777
ORONO– Girls in seventh and eighth grades are eligible to participate in a food science camp this summer at the University of Maine. The program will run from August 11 to 15 and focus on two hot topics: food safety and sensory evaluation of new foods.
The camp will run from 8 a.m. to noon each day. Campers will work in new food science laboratories in Hitchner Hall.
Pameka Harris, a graduate student in the Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, will coordinate the camp. She can be contacted at 581-1635 or via email, pameka.harris@umit.maine.edu, for more information.
The registration cost is $95 and includes all materials and supplies as well as a light snack and refreshments.