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Dear ASTC members,
Participate in the 2012 Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Award competition by nominating your institution's exemplary accomplishments in visitor experience, business practice, and staff leadership since January 2009. 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 Columbus, Ohio, plus a paid registration to the 2013 ASTC Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Deadline is April 3, 2012. Go to http://www.astc.org/about/awards/leading_edge.htm for details, nomination forms, and to learn more about these previous Leading Edge Award winners:
Science Centers and Museums
Amazement Square; The Bakken Museum; Carnegie Science Center; Chabot Space & 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; International Centre for Life; MIDE, Museo Interactivo de Economía; Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago); Norsk Teknisk Museum; Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre; Omaha Children's Museum; Ontario Science Centre; Oregon Museum of Science & Industry; Orlando Science Center; Pacific Science Center; Philippine Science Centrum; Saint Louis Science Center; Sciencenter; The Tech Museum of Innovation; 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; Clarence Sirisena, Science Centre Singapore; 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 (ASTC)
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Washington, DC 20005 USA
Phone: (202) 783-7200 x112
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