ANOTHER WORLD: Duke summer program reaches out to rural N.C. girls
Cross posted from Appalachia Group. (http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1272)
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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