2004's Digital Animation: A Mentoring Program for Young Women at The Ohio State University runs this summer, June 21 - July 2, 2004 with young women from Columbus area public and private high schools, as well as four teachers from the Columbus Public Schools' Arts & Communications Academies high schools. These young women will be mentored during their two-week study by seven women graduate students and two staff members from ACCAD. This year's program looks at digital artists as proponents of social change through their art and animation. Projects focused on creating 3D animation with Maya on the topic of Ohio prairies, their history, value and preservation needs. During the first week of the program we traveled to the Prairie Nature Center at The Ohio State University Marion campus and researched issues surrounding prairie preservation and restoration. In the second week of the program the girls created final animation projects that visualized their thoughts, research and opinions on prairies using their research and software experiences from the preceding week. To see the animations produced, please go to the prairie project page.