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Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Section 2D

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2008

Arkansans invited to science meeting

Thirteen economic "influencers" and college students from Arkansas were among those invited to a convocation in Washington , D.C., sponsored by the National Academies, an organization addressing the nation's critical needs in science, engineering and medicine.

The group was invited to a meeting on the growing challenges of the country's economy. The Arkansans were chosen for their participation in the Arkansas Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Coalition and the Arkansas Advancing andSupporting Science, Engineering and Technology Initiative.

Among the Arkansans invited were Greg Nabholz of NabholzConstruction; Mike Gealt, dean of the College of Science & Mathematics at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock ; Jerry Adams, executive director of the Arkansas Research Alliance; James Hendren, software developer and entrepreneur; Suzanne Mitchell, instructor at Arkansas State University ; and Gail McClure, vice president of the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority.

Also invited were Maureen C. Dolan, Earl Benjamin III andEllis T. Benjamin, instructors at Arkansas State University ; and students Alison Page and Tatum Branaman from the University of Central Arkansas and Michael Wolverton and Daniel Ruckerfrom the University of Arkansas at Little Rock .