7TH-GRADERS WIN PREVIEW OF COLLEGE LIFE.Byline: Daily News Ten Santa Clarita seventh-graders have won camperships from the American Association of University Women ''This article or section is being rewritten at The American Association of University Women (AAUW) advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. to spend a summer week focused on math, science and technology on a college campus. The 10 girls, recently honored at a tea at the home of AAUW member Trudi Nash, are Chelsea Campbell, Hannah Goldman, Holly Hein, Chelsea Hoff, Carina Hornbrook, Jakki McCann, Sarah Paquin, Jenny Rios, Chelsea Stevenson and Katherine Stradling. In addition, Cassandra Osorio and Hailey Triggs were named alternates. The winners will spend a week at Whittier College in the 2004 Tech Trek camp. In four other California regions, similar camps will be held on the campuses of Stanford University, Mills College, California State University, Fresno The campus sits at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the San Joaquin Valley. Fresno County is the sixth largest metropolitan area in California. The university is within an hour's drive of many mountain and lake resorts and within a three- or four-hour drive of both Los , and the University of California, San Diego UCSD is consistently ranked among the top ten public universities for undergraduate education in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.[3] It is a Public Ivy. [1] For graduate studies, most of UCSD's Ph.D. . Santa Clarita candidates were selected at the local schools they attend, and an AAUW interviewing committee made the final selections. Most funds for the camperships came from Ultra Violet Devices Inc., the Betty Ferguson Foundation, the Carl D. Perkins
Carl Dewey Perkins (October 15, 1912 - August 3, 1984), a Democrat, was a politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Kentucky. Fund, U.S. Borax borax or sodium tetraborate decahydrate (sō`dēəm tĕ'trəbôr`āt dĕk'əhī`drāt), chemical compound, Na2B4O7·10H2O; sp. gr. 1. Inc. and private donor Joseph Schulman. The Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. branch of AAUW also raised funds with a large sale of used books. The organization will request donations of books in August and September to hold another sale this fall. AAUW, a nationwide organization with state divisions and local branches, is open to women with bachelor's degrees from four-year colleges or universities. For information about the group, visit www.AAUW-SCV.org. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Ten local girls have won camperships for a week on a college campus before eighth grade. From left, they include, seated, Jenny Rios, Katherine Stradling and Chelsea Hoff and, standing, Holly Hein, Sarah Paquin, Chelsea Stevenson and Chelsea Campbell. |
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