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Justice for Shiliwala Rosina Shiliwala '02 attended the American Bar Association Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice Conference in Los Angeles (October 7 - 11) as the College's representative. She was selected based on an interview with the Student Government Associ-ation, and her participation in the conference was supported by the president's office. Shiliwala's interview with the SGA selection committee was taped and is available by contacting Jennifer Adams, x5174.

Roughing It The new Rough Guide to New England singles out the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum for high praise. The popular travel guidebook notes: "South Hadley is a worthwhile destination in its own right, mainly due to the presence of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, which has an impressive permanent collection of Asian, Egyptian, and Mediterranean paintings, drawings, and sculpture, as well as mounting regular high-quality special exhibitions. The Museum has just recently acquired a head of Faustina the Elder, a marble Roman sculpture of the second-century Empress Faustina, whose likeness was reproduced on coins and statues of the period and whose elaborate braided hairstyle is a feat of both the art of sculpting and hairdressing."

Super Teachers Eleven MHC students are recipients of the STEMTEC (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Teacher Education Collaborative) /National Science Foundation (NSF) Teaching Scholar award. The winners are Elizabeth Burrows '02, FP Sandra Dixon, Raquel Lloreda '00, Jeannie Marmol '01, Karyn Peabody '00, Sarah Pratt '01, Jamie Schefiliti '01, FP Patricia Smith , Christine Vaughn '01, Lindsey Von Holtz '02, and FP Xueli Yu. The students were recognized October 8 at a banquet held at the Inn at Northampton. Teaching Scholars are students from eight collaborating colleges who have received scholarships in recognition of their academic achievement and promise as future K - 12 educators. STEMTEC is a $5 million grant awarded by the NSF to eight collaborating colleges in western Massachusetts. The goals of the grant are to produce "more, better educated, and more diverse K - 12 science and math teachers. (This includes elementary school educators with a strong science and math background.)" Astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman was the keynote speaker for the awards event. Mount Holyoke's STEMTEC campus coordinator is chemistry professor Sheila Browne.

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