U.S. Office of Personnel Manage- 

 ment, the Academy is an enrich- 

 ment program for seventh grade 

 students. Sixty seventh graders 

 participate in each session which 

 consists of ten consecutive Satur- 

 days. Structured learning experi- 

 ence in mathematics, science, oral 

 and written communication, and 

 computer science are provided. 

 Simultaneously, parents attend 

 workshops and visit their chil- 

 dren's classes. For more informa- 

 tion, contact: Dr. Cheri Bridge- 

 forth, Employee Development 

 Specialist, U. S. Office of Person- 

 nel Management, 1900 E Street, 

 NW, Washington, DC 20415, 

 (202) 632-7370. 



Spelman Women Science and 

 Engineering Scholars Program 



(WISE). Encourages Black women 

 to pursue graduate training and 

 research careers in engineering 

 and science. The program 

 features a six-week prefreshman 

 summer academic session, 

 research at NASA installations 

 during subsequent summers and 

 continuous exposure to a large 

 potential network of women 

 researchers. Women receive 

 scholarships ranging from 80- 

 100%. Contact: Dr. Etta 

 Falconer, Chairperson, Division of 

 Natural Sciences, Spelman 

 College, Atlanta, GA 30314, (404) 

 681-3643. 



Smith College. Smith conducts 

 summer workshops for teams of 

 teachers and counselors to help 

 them advise young women to 

 enter science fields. Contact: Dr. 

 Elizabeth Ivey, Smith College, 

 McConnell Hall, Room 301, 

 Northampton, MA 01063, (413) 

 584-2700. 



Southern Consortium for Mi- 

 norities in Engineering 



(SECME). Coordinates interven- 

 tion programs across the South- 

 east United States to provide 

 career guidance and preparation 

 for engineering careers to 15,000 

 minority students a year. Con- 

 tact: Mr. Guy Vickers, Georgia In- 

 stitute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 

 30332-0270, (404) 894-3314. 



The State of North Carolina. 



Established the University of 

 North Carolina Mathematics and 

 Science Network, which combines 

 the resources of the state and 

 federal governments and universi- 

 ties to bring students and teach- 

 ers to research laboratories during 

 the summer, and to provide daily 

 enrichment activities for middle 

 and high school students 

 throughout the school year. Con- 

 tact: Dr.Verna Benzler, Assistant 

 Director, Pre-College Program, 

 CB#3345, 201 Peabody Hall, UNC- 

 Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 

 27599-3345, (919) 966-3256. 



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