Boxes of scientific equipment and materials to be donated to flood-impacted Mountain State schools fill a former research lab on West Virginia State University’s campus. Chemistry professor Micheal Fultz, who helped organize the donation effort, estimates the cache is worth tens of thousands of dollars.
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Piles of cardboard boxes fill the former research lab on West Virginia State University’s campus, where the school has collected a smorgasbord of science donations for flood-damaged Mountain State schools.
Standing amid the cache Friday, chemistry professor Micheal Fultz said he didn’t know exactly how much all the boxes’ contents were worth, but said it’s in the tens of thousands of dollars. And more donations were still coming.
Fultz said he’s received Spec 20s for Advanced Placement Chemistry experiments, air diffusers, glassware, drying ovens for glassware, stir plates, shelving, gloves, safety glasses, aprons, geology kits and environmental science study kits, and microscopes will be coming in, too. Among other items, he said the donations also include 10 analytical balances — which can cost over $2,000 each — that students can use to weigh material.
The donations will go to at least three schools: Elkview Middle and Herbert Hoover High in Kanawha County and Richwood Middle in Nicholas County. He’s reached out to other schools but hasn’t yet heard back…
