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MOSI ANNOUNCES KIC ADVISORY BOARD

TAMPA, Fla. (March 11, 2004) – MOSI, Tampa’s Museum of Science & Industry, has selected 26 children from a field of 155 applicants for its new KIC Advisory Board.  KIC stands for Kids In Charge, which is the name of MOSI’s proposed children’s science center, scheduled to open in 2005.  The process used a blind scoring method in the areas of enthusiasm, communication, well-roundedness, and self-confidence to narrow the field to those who were interviewed.

The new board consists of:

Jessica Alleyn,7^th Grader from Rodgers Middle School

Rebecca Chesbrough, 4^th Grader from Faith Baptist

Jenelle Coy, 6^th Grader from Terrace Community School

James Gibson, 5^th Grader from Lomax

Courtney Hall, 9^th Grader from Palm Harbor University

Mikala Hanson, 6^th Grader from Terrace Community School

Sarah Hayes, 5^th Grader from Hunter’s Green

Sanjula Jain, 7^th Grader from Liberty Middle

Logan Johnson, 5^th Grader from Dover Elementary

Rayn Johnson, 5^th Grader from Bishop Larkin

Catherine Lastinger, 4^th Grader from Mango

Josie Little, 4^th Grader from St. Mary’s Episcopal

Tara McNeal, 5^th Grader from Pizzo Elementary

Sarah Miller, 9^th Grader from Tampa Tech

Preston Moore, 6^th Grade Home School student

Mari Ostrenko, 5^th Grader from I.D.S.

Vinay Rao, 8^th Grader from Berkley Prep

Shelby Register, 7^th Grader from Rodger Middle School

C.J. Rivera, 4^th Grader from Colson Middle School

Kyle Schemitsch, 11^th Grader from Hillsborough High School

Nicolas Stemm, 8^th Grader from Lee Academy

Fariya Syed-Ali, 5^th Grader from Sanderlin

Daniel Tobin, 9^th Grader from King High School

Liesl Voges, 11^th Grader from Hillsborough High School

Callen Votzke, 7^th Grader from Williams Middle School

Andrew Zarzeski, 7^th Grader from Liberty Middle School

 

The KIC Advisory Board is a hands-on board responsible for providing guidance and planning for the new 40,000 square foot children’s science center.  The board will be involved in such things as conducting audience research on different exhibits; planning and hosting special events; becoming ambassadors for KIC to present information to the community; providing feedback and ideas on space, exhibit and architectural design, programming, and fundraising.

            MOSI is the largest science center in the southeastern United States and home of the only IMAX^Ò Dome Theatre in the state of Florida.  In all, MOSI offers more than 450 “minds-on” interactive activities.  MOSI is located at 4801 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, opens daily at 9 a.m., is wheelchair accessible, and offers free parking.  For more information, visit MOSI’s Web site at www.mosi.org or call (813) 987-6000.

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