[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 23 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1765]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    MILWAUKEE'S MORSE MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGINEERING TEAM WINS NATIONAL 
           ENGINEER'S WEEK REGIONAL FUTURE CITIES COMPETITION

 Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, today I would like to recognize 
the achievement of three young women from the Milwaukee Morse Middle 
School. Together, Kayla Tepps, Alex Yale, and Carrie Schaffner, formed 
the winning team in the Regional Future Cities Competition sponsored by 
National Engineer's Week. They created a city plan using sophisticated 
computer simulation software that allowed them to analyze and measure 
effects of their designs on a living, changing city. The students then 
created a 3-dimensional model of their city to present in the 
competition along with their data. I commend the team's members on the 
quality and character of their hard work.
  I am impressed with the active role these students have taken in 
their education. This sort of initiative leads to citizens who take an 
active role in their communities. Whether that role be in the 
political, social, or economic arena, these young women are an example 
of the potential that our country's youth hold to come up with new 
ways, better ways, to solve our problems. These three Wisconsinites are 
a example to their peers that women can and do succeed in pursuing 
subjects and careers currently dominated by men. For this I also 
commend their teacher, Dave Mongin, for taking an active role in his 
student's careers, and their engineer-mentor, Eyad Mizian, for taking 
an active role in his community. They truly represent the kind of 
leadership we need more of in today's schools. I offer these students 
my sincere congratulations, I am proud that they represent the State of 
Wisconsin.

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