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Dear ASTC members,
Participate in this year's Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Award competition by nominating your institution's exemplary accomplishments in visitor experience, business practice, and staff leadership since January 2008. Separate awards will go to large and small institutions and to new staff members, as well as seasoned staff.
Each award will consist of an etched glass "Edgie" presented during the ASTC Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, plus a paid registration to the 2012 ASTC Annual Conference in Columbus, Ohio.
Deadline is April 12, 2011. Go to www.astc.org/about/awards/leading_edge.htm<http://www.astc.org/about/awards/leading_edge.htm> for details, nomination forms, and to learn more about these Leading Edge Award winners:
Science Centers and Museums
The Bakken Museum; Carnegie Science Center; Children's Museum of Pittsburgh; Clore Garden of Science; COSI; Denver Museum of Nature & Science; EdVenture Children's Museum; Hands On! Regional Museum; MIDE, Museo Interactivo de Economía; Norsk Teknisk Museum; Omaha Children's Museum; Ontario Science Centre; Oregon Museum of Science & Industry; Orlando Science Center; Saint Louis Science Center; Sciencenter; The Tech Museum; Virginia Living Museum.
Leaders
Christopher Andrews, California Academy of Sciences; Tracy Calogheros, Exploration Place; Ann Fumarolo, Sci-Port: Louisiana's Science Center; Cynthia Graville-Smith, Saint Louis Science Center; Preeti Gupta, New York Hall of Science; Chad Johnson, Edgerton Explorit Center; Rachel Meyer, CuriOdyssey; Ingit Mukhopadhyay, National Council of Science Museums; George Sparks, Denver Museum of Nature & Science; Jane Werner, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh.
Good luck!
Diane Frendak
Director, Membership
Association of Science-Technology Centers
1025 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
U.S.A.
202/783-7200 x112 fax 202/783-7207 [log in to unmask] www.astc.org
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