**Photo Opportunity** From Crime Scenes to Roller Coasters EOP students make summer learning a hands-on experience at Marquette Released: July 22, 2005 Students in the Upward Bound and Science and Math at Marquette (SAMM) programs have been working hard this summer. While other kids have been going to the park or the beach, they head to Marquette to get a head-start on higher learning. Not that it has been all text books and pop quizzes. Upward Bound students spent the summer building Rube Goldberg machines, making and marketing their own brands of hand lotions and learning about the complexities of crime scene investigations. Other students served at internships throughout the city. SAMM sophomores and juniors built roller coasters, and students from both programs participated in a variety of arts courses including ceramics, quilting, painting, film-making, digital photography and poetry writing. These dedicated students will be exhibiting their completed projects on Thursday, July 28 from 6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union ballroom at 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave. "The Upward Bound students and their teachers have worked hard all summer long,” said Gregory Frederick, Associate Director, EOP.  “ This exhibition gives them a chance to demonstrate the power of problem-based and project based learning. In collaborative teams, students put their knowledge of math and science to work in a variety of imaginative and creative ways.” The Marquette University Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) is an academic program that motivates and enables low-income and first generation students, whose parents do not have a baccalaureate degree, to enter and succeed in higher education. EOP consists of two pre-college programs: Upward Bound and SAMM and two college programs: Students Support Services and McNair Scholars. Upward Bound offers specialized classes, tutorials, college placement assistance, career development labs, personal counseling and social/cultural activities and trips. For more information on the Educational Opportunity program, please visit www.marquette.edu/eop/home/ . Interested media should contact Anne Broeker in the office of Public Affairs at (414)288-0286. Office of Public Affairs Contacts Christopher Stolarski Media Relations Specialist Phone: (414) 288-1988 Send e-mail