The Science House Girls Collaborative Project
Kickoff Meeting
Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The Science House Girls Collaborative Project brings together organizations throughout North Carolina that are committed to informing and motivating girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The Project is based upon a model developed by the National Girls Collaborative Project and replicated through a grant from the National Science Foundation. The model is structured to bring organizations together to compare needs and resources, share information, and to plan strategically to expand STEM-related opportunities for girls.

A kickoff meeting for The Science House Girls Collaborative was held on Tuesday, September 18. Activities at that meeting included a thorough introduction to the Collaborative, opportunities to meet others with an interest in encouraging girls in STEM careers, and detailed information about mini-grants that are available to partnerships seeking to develop new STEM-related programming for girls.

See photos from the meeting!

Key Goals

Announce The Science House Girls Collaborative
Introduce key partners
State goals of the program
Provide background and samples to illustrate typical projects
Provide overview of Program Directory
Provide overview and critical information for Mini-Grant Applications

Locations:

• The Friday Institute on NC State University’s Centennial Campus, Raleigh (Directions Note: Do not rely on Mapquest or Google maps. Directions from those sites include a road that does not exist at this time.)
• Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, Rosman (Directions)
• Elizabeth City State University (Directions)

[Breast pumping facilities are available upon request. Please contact the conference organizers when you arrive if you would like to use those facilities.]

Questions: Contact Sharon_Schulze@ncsu.edu (919-515-6118)

Who Should Attend: Anyone interested in creating local partnerships and programming to encourage girls to pursue education and careers related to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields.

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Agenda
The Science House Girls Collaborative Kick-Off event
18 September 2007

Note: Events from 9 am to noon will include videoconference link with sites at Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) in Rosman, NC, and at a site to be named in northeastern North Carolina. Afternoon events will be held independently at each site. The closing session will bring all groups together via teleconference.

8:30 am	Registration
9:00 am	Welcome and introduction of Leadership Team, Board of Champions
9:15 am	Speed networking
10:00 am	Project goals presentation and video
10:30 am	Keynote speaker
11:00 am	Examples of successful projects
Noon	Lunch – networking, local discussion time
1:00 pm	Program Directory overview Discussion of Resources, Assets, and Needs
2:00 pm	Mini-grant application overview Brainstorming: What program can I help develop? Who are likely partners for my ideas? What details would I need to consider? plus other similar questions.
3:00 pm	Teleconference – all groups share answers to: What is the most important thing you learned today? What is the biggest question you still have?
3:30 pm	Adjourn

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For more information about The Science House Girls Collaborative Project contact
Sharon Schulze
Associate Director, The Science House
919.515.9403
Sharon_Schulze@ncsu.edu

Visit the National Girls Collaborative Project web site for more information.