CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois program that provides
mentoring to minority high school girls interested science and health careers
has been given a White House award.
The Women's Health Science Program for High School
Girls and Beyond is a four-year-old program at Northwestern University Feinberg
School of Medicine. It won the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,
Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.
President Barack Obama says mentoring programs play
a key role in the development of the nation's workforce.
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