April 2018 Archives - Bryan on Scouting

Real-life Spider-Man: New tarantula species named after Eagle Scout caver Bill Steele

April 26, 2018 0

Scientists named a new species of spider after Eagle Scout Bill Steele in honor of his contribution to the collection of cave tarantulas in Mexico.

6 can’t-miss Philmont Training Center conferences for Scouters who train others

April 25, 2018 1

If your Scouting job involves training other leaders, you should consider attending a conference at the Philmont Training Center. Getting trained on training is always a good idea.

Higher score, lower price: Get cheap SAT and ACT test-prep software

April 24, 2018 19

Boy Scout families — both current and former — can score $350 SAT or ACT test-prep computer programs for $20. That’s a high-scoring deal.

Leaders inject fun, education into clean-up service projects

April 24, 2018 0

How do you help ensure picking up trash doesn’t devolve into a way to simply fulfill service hour requirements? Pack 267 and Troop 267 in Fredonia, N.Y., have an answer.

Get to know the 2018-2019 National Venturing Officers’ Association

April 23, 2018 2

The six young people selected to serve on the 2018-2019 National Venturing Officers’ Association will play a critical role. Let’s meet them.

Eagle Scout wins 2018 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography

April 20, 2018 3

Ryan Kelly won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for his searing image of the tragic events in Charlottesville, Va.

Scouting Show and Tell: Share photos of your pack, troop or crew meeting place

April 20, 2018 4

With a little creativity, you can make any location — basement or barn, cafeteria or conference room — the ideal venue for a pack, troop or crew meeting.

Why on Earth is Space Camp in Alabama?

April 19, 2018 0

This incubator of interplanetary innovation isn’t located in the obvious space places like Houston or Cape Canaveral, Fla. It’s in Huntsville, Ala.

In getting accepted to Yale, his Eagle Scout project video was ‘a difference-maker’

April 19, 2018 2

Yale challenged applicants to demonstrate “a community to which you belong and the footprint you have left.” Justin Aubin had the perfect response: a four-minute documentary about his Eagle project.

Michael Yerger, contestant on ‘Survivor: Ghost Island,’ is an Eagle Scout

April 18, 2018 2

Michael Yerger, a contestant on the 36th season of the CBS reality show Survivor, is an Eagle Scout. Yerger, who was 18 when Survivor: Ghost Island was filmed, is trying to be the youngest winner ever.