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2008 Women in Science Highlights

Thank you to our sponsors, presenters and volunteers. Because of your generosity and hard work, 131 girls from throughout Central South Dakota attended 13 different presentations, including 4 field trips and keynote speaker Dawn Lavigne-Ottman, CEO of CanDew Scientific and Canada's first woman space scientist.

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For further reading about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math:

The Perfect Storm* a speech by Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.
President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting

Planting the Seeds for A Diverse Pipeline: A Compendium of Best Practice K-12 Education Programs*

What It Takes: Pre-K -12 Design Principles to Broaden Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics*

*Requires Adobe Acrobat to open