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WHEREAS, Fort Collins is on the map as an innovative community, which extends to
the Poudre School District and our community’s high school students; and
WHEREAS, Fort Collins is a place where we put great emphasis on the Science
Technology Engineering and Math or STEM disciplines to ensure our city, region and state stay
competitive on a global scale; and
WHEREAS, our community is proud to have NASA Astronaut Dottie Metcalf-
Lindenburger as a product of PSD schools and a graduate of Fort Collins High School; and
WHEREAS, we are grateful that the non-profit organization Higher Orbits has brought
Dottie back into town for an exciting, fun-filled space and STEM workshop this week called “Go
For Launch” with our students; and
WHEREAS, our students are working with Dottie and others to dream big and design
space experiments that could be launched to the International Space Station and to learn about
careers in the STEM disciplines.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Wade Troxell, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim October 20, 2017, a day in which we celebrate STEM disciplines and our community’s
role in innovation, as
DOTTIE METCALF-LINDENBURGER DAY
in Fort Collins in honor of Dottie’s success and leadership as a role model for students here and
around the world.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 17th day of October, A.D. 2017.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk