Through scientific research and study he has helped guide 50 students to become presenters at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). He doubled this number to helping 100 to ISEF as alternates.
Hankinson is known as the No. 1 school in the state for science fair but it isn’t only his students who have gained a worldwide reputation. Friskop was recently appointed to the governing board, which oversees science fair rules across the United States and 50 other countries. Friskop is flattered to be named to this board.
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“I was appointed because of my rural background,” he said, “and because of my experience with science fair.”
Friskop is already the regional science fair director and has held this position for 18 years. He is also the state scientific review committee chairperson. He knows about the rules which govern science fair and will continue to preserve them on the international committee.
Friskop joins a board made up of doctors and top scientists. He isn’t afraid of the challenge as he has been involved in science fair for 30 years. His 19 years in Hankinson has sent presenter after presenter to the international science fair and these students have brought home impressive awards.
“Most people don’t know this locally, but Hankinson’s science fair students have put Hankinson on the international map,” Friskop said. “We are known all around the world for our science fair projects.”
The scientific review committee has intrigued Friskop for years. He is looking forward to the challenge and has an agenda he wants to bring forward. At the top of his list is enforcing the rule where students do their own work.
“Science fair has to go back to the student’s own ideas and work,” he said.
Friskop has talked for years about the projects he has seen at ISEF, which have obviously been conducted by a scientist or professor and handed to the student at the last minute. The presenters do not know their projects, and can’t explain them. The scientific review committee has made it their priority to enforce student projects, and Friskop wants to commend them for their tough stance.
Tomorrow’s leaders and future scientists are budding through the science fair program. He has watched science fair students graduate from Hankinson and go on to earn prestigious degrees. He lost count of the doctorates and master’s degrees from former Hankinson?High School students.
Science fair projects have been a part of his life during the past 30 years. He will uphold the rules for the international science fair, but more importantly, he will continue to shape the minds of tomorrow’s leaders and scientists.
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