Triton College offers scholarship in memory of Maywood teen
Dominique Thomas had dreams of becoming an engineer even though it is a male-dominated field. The Maywood teen fueled her dream in the summer of 2011 by participating in a summer manufacturing camp at Triton College, called GADgET. The camp, which stands for Girls Adventuring in Design Engineering and Technology and is partly funded through a grant from Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs (NBT), the foundation of the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA), gave 16 local girls the opportunity to learn more about engineering as a career and gain hands-on experience in developing