Miss. on possible list for new STEM program

The charitable foundation of the largest industrial gases company in North and South America, Praxair Inc. of Connecticut, announced July 12 it is donating $105,000 to the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in support of Tech Savvy, the group’s successful science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program for young women. The plan is to take Tech Savvy to 10 new communities which may well include the states of Mississippi and Connecticut, and the cities of Chicago, Houston and Indianapolis. Source: Business Wire, July 12, 2013. (Mississippi Golden Triangle note: Mississippi University for Women and Mississippi State University are among seven state partner-colleges of the AAUW.)