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From: Michele Crase <mcrase**At_Symbol_Here**NIU.EDU>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] LabCandy making PPE and science fun for girls
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 14:04:34 -0500
Reply-To: DCHAS-L <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU>
Message-ID: 53E4D8F20200007700072716**At_Symbol_Here**smtp2.gw.niu.edu
I appreciate what they are trying to do to help "sell science" to girls.
But we also need to change the way educators treat young girls when they enroll in the science courses. That is where many girls get turned off. It is not about the bling but the belonging.
Michele
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Michele Crase
Laboratory Safety
Office of Research Compliance
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
mcrase**At_Symbol_Here**niu.edu
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