Students in the PEEC program at Mines pictured at Thunder Valley CDC while
doing their work on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Students involved in the Pre-Engineering Educational
Collaborative (PEEC) will present scientific research they completed
during the past year at a special poster session from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 18, at Oglala Lakota College, He Sapa Center, at 127 Knollwood Drive in
Rapid City.
The PEEC program
is part of an ongoing effort to encourage more Native American students to
enter STEM fields. The program includes
students from Oglala
Lakota College,
South
Dakota School of Mines and Technology and South
Dakota State University, in Brookings.
The PEEC program is thanks to a $1.5
million grant from the National
Science Foundation that supports the efforts to funnel more Native American
students into STEM fields.
Students and professors will be on hand to answer questions
from the public and press during the poster session.