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PARTNERS WITH SHELL FOR MINORITY PROGRAM Feb 28, 2002 |
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Contact: Lisa Young 251/861-7509 Two Alabama State University students will soon have the opportunity to experience the world of marine science and positively affect the life of younger students in the Dauphin Island Sea Labıs Discovery Hall summer program. Discovery Hall opens the field of marine science to Alabama secondary school students through hands-on field and laboratory experience. Letitia House and Toice Goodson are Discovery Hallıs newest teacher interns; they begin their own experience with the Discovery Hall kids this summer thanks to the cooperation of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and Shell Exploration & Production Company. A Shell donation of $12,500 will cover the expenses associated with these two internships, including housing, food, travel, supplies and stipends. On March 1, 2002, you are invited to meet these two excited students at 10:45 a.m. in ASUıs Levi Watkins Learning Center, Room 200. The Learning Center is at the intersection of North University and East University drives; Alabama State University is located at 915 South Jackson Street in Montgomery. Shell representatives will also be on hand to congratulate the students and present the Dauphin Island Sea Lab with a $12,500 donation. The Dauphin Island Sea Lab recognizes that minorities, particularly African-Americans, are under-represented in the sciences; among marine sciences students, the situation is one of the most egregious. Recently, the Sea Lab approached Shell Exploration & Production Company with a way to not only encourage ASU students to realize the opportunities available to them in the marine sciences, but to also provide a mentor, in the form of a teacher intern, for the younger, minority students at Discovery Hall. Science education majors Letitia House and Toice Goodson are the first ASU students to participate in this Sea Lab/Shell program. "We are grateful to Shell for its kind donation to establish a first-ever minority science teacher internship program at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab," said Dr. John Dindo, Chairman of Dauphin Island Sea Labıs Public Outreach Programs. "The combination of hands-on learning and mentoring will prove invaluable in producing enthusiastic, life-long learners in marine science. This is an exciting opportunity for us, the interns and all our students; we ook forward to broadening the range of experiences for educators and students in the minority population." Each of the new interns will have the opportunity to learn the Discovery Hall material to be taught, assist in teaching at each of the grade levels, assist in the field based programs, and be able to assemble a curriculum guide that can be used by the intern in a future class. Beyond the classroom, Letitia House and Toice Goodson will be available as mentors for the young Discovery Hall students during an educational, fun summer. Shell Exploration & Production Company, based in New Orleans and Houston, is making this Dauphin Island Sea Lab contribution on behalf of its Yellowhammer Gas Plant located in nearby Coden, Alabama. Dauphin Island Sea Lab
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