01/20/13 - 11:10am
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — As one of the 10 female welding students in a program with 124 males, Amber Kraemer can tell you a thing or two about perseverance.
She initially pursued a degree from Fox Valley Technical College in the field, which increasingly relies on robotics, programming and mathematics, because of its positive career prospects and what she sees as an appealing marriage of science and art.