2nd Annual
Rapid City Women In Science
2008 Conference
March 18, 2008
Key Note Speaker
Guest Speakers
Wildlife Biologists Shelly Deisch & Laurie Root , SD Game Fish and Parks
Archaeologists Jaunita Garcia & Donetta, Forest Service
Meteorologist Intern Meagan Holm, National Weather Service
Physician's Assistant
Service Hydrologist Melissa Smith, National Weather Service
Botanists Beth Burkhart & Chelsea Vollmer, Forest Service
Wildlife Researcher Cynthia Holt, Black Bear Research Center
Hydrology Civil Engineer Jessica Gould, Forest Service
Pharmacist Terri McRae, BH Surgery Center
Research Chemist Cabot Ann Christofferson, SDSM&T
Chemist Kristina Grinnell, SDSM&T
Wildlife Biologist Melissa Horton, Reptile Gardens/Wildlife Experience
District Forest Service Ranger Rhonda, Forest Service
Tech Prep Coordinator Russell Poppen
Exhibitors
National Weather Service
SD School of Mines & Technology
USDA
Western Dakota Tech
Forest Service
Black Hills State University
Army ROTC
Current Sponsors:
Tech Prep
GCC Dacotah
BH Corporation
Heart Doctors
RC Medical Center
RESPEC
Committee Members
Nancy Anderson-Smith, SDSMTKelly Whitaker, National Weather Service
Dr Nadene Greni, Eastern New Mexico University
Russell Poppen, Tech Prep Coordinator Brenda Maabs, Western Dakota Tech
Amy Ballard, Forest Service
Dan Bergey,BHSU
Marilyn Montgomery,Skyline Engineering
Other area WIS Conferences
Aberdeen, SDPierre, SD
Sioux Falls, SD
Wyoming
There were almost 250 attendees from
Wall, Lead, Deadwood and
A big thank you goes out to all who made this conference possible!
The girl’s comments about what they learned reflected their excitement about all they experienced during that day - “Science is fun and there are many different careers and pay scales”, ”Math is the universal language of science”, “You don’t have to have money to go to college”, “Math and science are really important”, “The importance of computers in science based careers”, “Advancements in technology are creating more scientific fields to explore”.