June 28, 2005, Findlay, Ohio - Approximately 40 high school students from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Colorado will be gathering “evidence” from a mock crime scene as a part of The University of Findlay’s first forensic science camp. The camp runs June 26-29.

The students are learning first-hand what it is like to be a crime scene investigator. They will be collecting evidence involving ballistics, fingerprints, entomology and biological evidence from the mock crime scene. They will later analyze the evidence in a laboratory environment and present their findings to a moot court at the end of the camp.

The camp is part of The University of Findlay’s new forensic science program. Approximately 20 students will start in the fall as the University’s first class of forensic science majors. Students in the program will take a variety of criminal justice and science courses including entomology, chemistry and forensics science. Students can also specialize in a particular area like DNA/serology or chemistry/toxicology.