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school on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to establish a mentoring program for students. • SDSU and Red Cloud Indian School recently announced a partnership between the two institutions. School officials say the mentorship program will help increase the number of Red Cloud students choosing to attend SDSU and offer a network of advocates to support Red Cloud graduates throughout their college career. • The program is similar to a partnership between Red Cloud and Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., which pairs Red Cloud juniors with Creighton faculty mentors. • SDSU President David Chicoine and Red Cloud Superintendent Ted Hamilton signed the agreement establishing the partnership during a ceremony last week on Red Cloud's campus on the Pine Ridge reservation. •
600 8th grade girls attending science conference
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Nearly 600 eighth-grade girls will be gathering in Sioux Falls Wednesday for an event aimed at encouraging women to enter the fields of science. • The event at Southeast Tech will feature 30 exhibitors presenting technical career paths and 27 presenters in science-related occupations giving half-hour presentations. • Each girl will have the opportunity to hear at least five of the presentations and visit the exhibit room. • The forum is sponsored by the Women in Science organization, which is dedicated to achieving equity and full participation for women in science, mathematics, engineering and technology. • Organizers say women are historically underrepresented in science and math related fields, holding less than 25 percent of jobs in these technological areas. •
Tuesday's Scores The Associated Press
• Boys Basketball • Region 1AA: • Brookings 64, Yankton 47 • Sioux Falls Lincoln 73, Watertown 59 • Region 2AA • Huron 64, Sturgis 45
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