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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SUMMER WORKSHOP FOR EIGHTH- AND NINTH-GRADE GIRLS JUNE 22-26 AT 1xbet online games login

MANHATTAN -- Five days of 1xbet online games login , math and science exploration is the agenda planned for eighth- and ninth-grade girls June 22-26 at Kansas State University.

The seventh annual EXCITE! Workshop will feature hands-on activities led by 1xbet online games login faculty, as well as industry tours geared toward the six workshop tracts of biofuels, computer-gaming design, nano-sensors, robotics, green roof design and principles of flight. EXCITE! stands for EXploring sCIence, Technology and Engineering.

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This year, for the first time, the Women in 1xbet online games login and Science Program will be partnering with the Manhattan Area Technical College to put on the event.

Girls from the following communities will be participating: Abilene, Auburn, Baldwin City, Belleville, Coyer, Courtland, Deerfield, Derby, Dodge City, Emporia, Enterprise, Fort Leavenworth, Frontenac, Geneseo, Great Bend, Hays, Hiawatha, Hutchinson, Junction City, Kansas City, Kan., Lansing, Lawrence, Lyons, Manhattan, Olathe, Oskaloosa, Paola, Pittsburg, Quinter, Shawnee, Spearville, Topeka, Ulysses, Wamego and Wichita.

Girls also will be attending from Littleton, Colo.; Grandview, Kansas City and St. Louis, Mo.; and Arlington, Texas.

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