WPI MERIT BADGE UNIVERSITY 2018
The WPI Merit Badge University is going to start registration in late August. If you would like to take advantage of this great opportunity to earn numerous merit badges, please go over the information below. We’ve had scouts go for the past couple of years and we usually carpool to make it easier for everybody.
Disclaimer: The following has been taken from the WPI Merit Badge University’s emailing list. The link to be added to this list is below.
Dear Scouters,
As many of you know, the next WPI Merit Badge University is this fall on November 10th and December 1st. Registration will open in late August. An email will announce the opening of the registration period. If anyone wants to be added to the emailing list to get this notification have them fill out this Google Form: here. Please distribute this link to anyone who would be interested. If you received this email, you are already on the list.
The offered merit badges will include:
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Animation
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Art
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Astronomy
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Chemistry
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Citizenship in the Community
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Citizenship in the Nation
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Citizenship in the World
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Digital technology
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Electricity
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Electronics
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Emergency Preparedness
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Energy
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Engineering
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Environmental Science
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Fire Safety
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First Aid
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Geology
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Inventing
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Music
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Painting
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Programming
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Robotics
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Space Exploration
This year we are also excited to announce that we will be offering two of the STEM Nova awards, “Designed to Crunch” and “Start Your Engines!”. You can sign up for this course through the regular registration link. For more information about the STEM Nova Awards, visit the boy scouts website here.
When it becomes time to register for badges, have a list of badges prepared that you would like to take, as well as potential alternatives as some badges fill up quick.
More information will be posted on our website in the following month: here. If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to MBU@wpi.edu. If you have had any outstanding problems with blue cards in the past please direct them to apo-bluecards@WPI.EDU. We hope to see you in the fall!
Sincerely,
The WPI MBU Committee