Sharon Locke, executive director of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Center for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Research, Education and Outreach, and Elisabeth Knierim, a STEM Center staff member, took part in a White House roundtable discussion today in Mt. Vernon with USDA Deputy Under Secretary Ann Bartuska.
The invitation-only event was presented by the White House Office of Public Engagement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois. The topic was “Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture and Mathematics.”