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| Title | SKILL Graduation |
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| Transcript | Office of University Relations SDSM& T News 501 E. St. Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701- 3995 Phone: ( 605) 394- 6082/ 2554 • Fax: ( 605) 394- 6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ( July 1, 1998) 13 SOUTH DAKOTA STUDENTS TO GRADUATE FROM SDSM& T'S SKILL NASA HONORS PROGRAM ON THURSDAY, JULY 2 Thirteen South Dakota students will graduate from the NASA Honors Program hosted by SDSM& T's Scientific Knowledge for Indian Learning and Leadership ( SKILL) on Thursday, July 2, 1998. The graduation ceremony will be held at 11: 00 a. m. in the Surbeck Center Ballroom on the SDSM& T campus. Speakers include Dr. John Haas, Vice President of Oglala Lakota College, and Dr. Richard Gowen, SDSM& T President. Projects completed by this year's students will be displayed from 10: 00- 11: 00 a. m. in the Surbeck Ballroom prior to the graduation ceremony. SKILL's NASA Honors Program is a four- year summer residential program on the South Dakota Tech campus that involves 75 students annually. Each summer the students return for a four- week session at SDSM& T that provides academic training in mathematics, science and engineering. Younger students in the NASA Honors Program have the opportunity to return in future summers until they have completed the four- year program. American Indian girls have comprised 70% of the students entering SKILL's NASA Honors Program. The 1998 graduating class contains 37% returning SKILL students from previous years. Three- fourths of the 1998 graduates are females. SKILL focuses on fostering interest by minority students, principally Native Americans, in pursuing careers in mathematics, science and engineering. The SKILL program is an effort by SDSM& T to help overcome an expected shortage of professionals in math and science fields. Now in its eighth year, SKILL provides a wide range of programming for students from grade school through high school, including research opportunities, tutorial assistance, classroom curriculum and academic summer programs. Beginning with an elementary program in 1989, SKILL has reached over 3, 000 American Indian students. Every student who has participated in SKILL's NASA Honors Program has remained in school! Last fall SKILL received the 1997 National Science Foundation Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. The members of the 1998 SKILL NASA Honors Program graduating class include: Jessica Boehrs and Amy Flying By, Cheyenne- Eagle Butte High School; Melissa Fox, Custer High School; Kristina Gray, Little Wound High School; Kylee Estes, Lower Brule High School; Amanda Carlow, Trina Keith, Marlin Kingi and Nicole Weston, Pine Ridge High School; Kenneth Baker, Michael Green, Aelgifa Hong- Rudy, and Heidi Peterson; Rapid City Central High School. Students interested in obtaining information about participating in the SKILL Honors Program in future years should call SDSM& T's SKILL Program at 394- 1828. ++ 30++ ( f:\ programs\ dept\ univrel\ pressrele\ 0798\ SKILL Graduation fax/ local) |
| Creator | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. University Relations; |
| Subject | Science camps--South Dakota--South Dakota; |
| Local Subject | Scientific Knowledge for Indian Learning and Leadership
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| Digital Publisher | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Devereaux Library
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| Date | 1998-07-01 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Language | eng |
| Relation | Is part of Office of University Relations SDSM&T News Collection |
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| Submitting Institution | Devereaux Library. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. |
| Date Digital | 2009 |
| CONTENTdm number | 1342 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1343.pdf |
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