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theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 06:15 AM Jul 2014

ANOTHER WORLD: Duke summer program reaches out to rural N.C. girls

This sounds like a wonderful and much needed program. I hope everyone will take a few minutes to read this article. I'd love to see programs like this one throughout Appalachia.

The Herald Sun
Durham, North Carolina
ANOTHER WORLD: Duke summer program reaches out to rural N.C. girls
Jul. 04, 2014
Wes Platt

Emily Hadley, a rising senior at Duke University, grew up in rural New Hampshire.

Back home, she took advantage of a Dartmouth University program that let her glimpse opportunities beyond her small world...

...Now, she’s working with adjunct research professor Deborah Hicks on a summer program in rural Madison County in western North Carolina, trying to share similar knowledge with middle school girls with limited career options.

Hicks, founder and director of a program called Partnership for Appalachian Girls’ Education, this year launched a pilot project called Education and Rural Entrepreneurship in Appalachia (EREA)....

MORE at http://www.heraldsun.com/news/localnews/x1550125169/ANOTHER-WORLD-Duke-summer-program-reaches-out-to-rural-N-C-girls

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ANOTHER WORLD: Duke summer program reaches out to rural N.C. girls (Original Post) theHandpuppet Jul 2014 OP
This country should offer free tuition to any student who participates in programs like this theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #1

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
1. This country should offer free tuition to any student who participates in programs like this
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 10:36 PM
Jul 2014

We can't afford not to.

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