{"id":157331,"date":"2025-03-10T13:58:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=157331"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:16:47","slug":"students-can-win-scholarships-to-wright-state-at-big-hooplas-stem-challenge-on-march-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2025\/03\/10\/students-can-win-scholarships-to-wright-state-at-big-hooplas-stem-challenge-on-march-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Students can win scholarships to Wright State at Big Hoopla\u2019s STEM Challenge on March 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_157337\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2025\/03\/10\/students-can-win-scholarships-to-wright-state-at-big-hooplas-stem-challenge-on-march-16\/stem-challenge\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-157337\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157337\" class=\"wp-image-157337 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2025\/03\/STEM-challenge-508x339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-157337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students who participate in the Big Hoopla STEM Challenge at Wright State on March 16 can win a full in-state tuition scholarship. (Photo courtesy of Big Hoopla)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wright State University, a leader in regional STEM workforce development, will award full in-state tuition scholarships to 12 students who participate in the Big Hoopla STEM Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The annual <a href=\"https:\/\/daytonhoopla.com\/hoopla-stem-challenge\/\">STEM Challenge, championed by Wright State University<\/a>, will take place on Sunday, March 16, from noon to 5 p.m. in Wright State\u2019s Student Union. Registration opens at 11 a.m. with the hot shot finals starting at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>This free, interactive event for students in kindergarten through eighth grade blends basketball with STEM education through engaging activities and demonstrations. Attendees can also enjoy award-winning science shows and hands-on STEM exhibits presented by regional and national partners.<\/p>\n<p>Wright State will award full in-state tuition scholarships to basketball shootout winners: a male and female student in each grade division (K\u20132, 3\u20134, 5\u20136 and 7\u20138). Four additional winners will be randomly selected through a raffle.<\/p>\n<p>Students must complete 80% of the STEM passport to be eligible for a Wright State scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>Students can register for the event at <a href=\"https:\/\/daytonhoopla.com\/hoopla-stem-challenge\/\">daytonhoopla.com\/hoopla-stem-challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWright State is excited to inspire young learners\u2019 love of science, technology, engineering and mathematics through our partnership with the Big Hoopla\u2019s STEM Challenge,\u201d said Wright State President Sue Edwards. \u201cWright State is proud to award these life-changing scholarships to 12 promising students as part of our commitment to developing our region\u2019s next generation of innovators and leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wright State will also host the Big Hoopla 4-Miler walk\/run on March 16. The race, which begins and ends at Wright State\u2019s Student Union, will tour the Dayton Campus.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more and register at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopla4miler.com\/\">hoopla4miler.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 4 Miler and STEM Challenge will kick off the Big Hoopla\u2019s celebration of events leading up to the NCAA First Four.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wright State University will award full in-state tuition scholarships to 12 students who participate in the Big Hoopla STEM Challenge on March 16 in Wright State&#8217;s Student Union. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2025\/03\/10\/students-can-win-scholarships-to-wright-state-at-big-hooplas-stem-challenge-on-march-16\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":157337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,2048,725,715,4293],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-enrollment-management","category-home-news-sidebar","category-news","category-student-union"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157331"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157352,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157331\/revisions\/157352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}