Hello Scouts and Parents!
We hope that you have been having a good and safe summer! In past years, we have invited hundreds of Scouts to our college campus to participate in our Merit Badge University. This year, we are still planning to hold the event, but will be doing it online, likely over Zoom. We are looking forward to 2020 Merit Badge University, and hope you are too!
The dates for this year’s MBU are November 7th and November 21st!
We will be offering the following badges remotely:
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American Business
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Art
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Chemistry
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Chess
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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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Composite Materials
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Digital Technology
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Electronics
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Energy
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Engineering
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Environmental Science
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First Aid
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Game Design
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Music
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Oceanography
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Photography
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Programming
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Pulp and Paper
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Public Speaking
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Soil and Water Conservation
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Sustainability
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Textile
The registration price will be only $5.00 per scout. Registration will be tentatively set for Friday, September 4th at 5:00 PM. We will let you know shortly if this date is final.
We are aware the website is out of date and are in the process of updating it.
If you know of anyone else who would like to get updates about this year’s MBU, please have them fill out THIS form.
If you have any questions about this year’s MBU, please contact us at mbu@wpi.edu.
We look forward to seeing you virtually in November!
-Alpha Phi Omega Merit Badge University Committee
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Troop 25 drove up to Loudon, New Hampshire for the day to check out the 2018 NH Scout Jamboree. Lots of fun activities. Hidden Valley Scout Camp sent up their shotguns and rifles. Sig Sauer sent P320 hand guns and an awesome range was built. Safety was clearly the job number one at the scout range. Lots of trained safety officers and huge berm made this a really cool station.
Woodcarving station was amazing! This station consisted of a scout leader carving life sized giant bears and eagles out of wood. He used chain saws and carving tools. This station leader is the Dad of two Eagle Scouts! There were also rope bridges and towers made by scouts.There was a station of dogs being trained for the blind. One big black lab didn’t make the cut for being a guide dog, because she loved people so much that she couldn’t always remember the work part of being a guide dog! The Guide Dog organization found an excellent home for this ‘nearly’ perfectly trained, beautiful dog.
The hit of World’s Religions station was Mr. Pannu. He is the a scout leader and the the dad of two Eagle Scouts. Mr. Pannu explained to the crowd that gathered around him any questions asked about Sikhism. On the outside of the tent some Scouts were having their heads wrapped in free turbans. The only rules were that the turban wasn’t a joke or to be discarded in a disrespectful manner. The turban is an article of faith and also helps with the wearer’s uncut hair, with differently colored turbans being worn on different occasions. It was interesting to meet Mr. Pannu because the only person of the Sikhism faith that I knew of before was Captain Nemo. Mr. Pannu mentioned that one of his sons wrote a book about his religion, and he is now a Rutgers University student! His other son became an Eagle Scout at age twelve! Mr. Pannu was even in “Scouting Magazine!”
The end of the day was great. I just made it on to the bungee jumping station before it closed. Great people, great fun!
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It was a rainy day on the Charles River. Three of our most courageous, intrepid scouts braved everything the weather threw at us and went for an afternoon at SOAR. We threw knives, tomahawks, and even got a free tour of a crime surveillance van courtesy of the police! Over 3,000 scouts were there, having a great time! And we had a great time.
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