April 05, 2010

Oxford Round Table

Professor Mary Batteen of the Department of Oceanography at the Naval Postgraduate School recently participated in the latest session of the Oxford Round Table, a prestigious, invitation only event to promote various issues of education, art, science and more through academic discourse and scholarly publication. In her presentation to the group, she referred to MPOWIR as and example of a successful mentoring program.

See the write up from the NPS website:

http://www.nps.edu/About/News/Oceanography-Professor-Participates-in-Latest-Oxford-Round-Table.html

Apr 5, 2010 1:53:02 PM

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