8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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for Women Scientist Workshop Presenters and Volunteers
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Register today to present a workshop at the EYH Conference! (Closed)
Wednesday, February 6, is the goal date for all Presenter registrations.
Our conference staff will not be able to provide technical assistance. We encourage hands-on workshops with a minimal use of powerpoint and/or computers.
If you are willing to participate as a volunteer guide at this conference for young women, we will accept volunteers up until March 1. Please feel free to invite other men and women who might like to help out with the event.
About Expanding Your HorizonsOn Wednesday, March 5, 2008, the 14th annual Expanding Your Horizons conference will be sponsored by NC State University on our campus from 8:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. This career conference is designed for seventh grade girls from North Carolina. The majority of young women in public schools fail to take the higher level science and math courses needed to enter science, engineering and mathematics fields in college. Expanding Your Horizons is designed to expose seventh grade girls to successful role models in the science, engineering and mathematics fields. As a professional woman in the Research Triangle area working in one of these related fields, we encourage you to participate in this conference.
The goals of the Expanding Your Horizons conference are to increase young women's interest in mathematics, science and engineering; to foster awareness of career opportunities for women in mathematics, science and engineering related fields; and to provide students with an opportunity to meet and form personal contacts with women working in traditionally male occupations
The conference offers hands-on workshops in the morning and career sessions in the afternoon. We are looking for women volunteers to conduct the 50-minute hands-on workshops in a science, mathematics or engineering area for about twenty girls in the concurrent morning sessions (9:50 - 10:40 a.m. and 10:55 - 11:45 a.m.). Following a break for lunch (provided by the conference), the afternoon plenary session will begin at 12:40 p.m. Engaging career sessions introduce participants to women in science, engineering and math related fields and encourage them to consider new career paths.
We hope you will participate in the conference this year. Please fill out the workshop leader form if you can help us with a hands-on workshop or fill out the volunteer guide form if you would like to help in other ways. You may call The Science House at 919-515-9403 or email Janet Bailey if you have any questions.
Thank you for your contribution to the Expanding Your Horizons conference. Working with seventh grade girls is an investment in the future!
Best wishes,
The EYH 2008 Steering Committee
EYH Workshop GuideNeed help choosing a topic for your workshop? Planning your time? Designing an activity? Use the EYH Workshop Guide! This two part guide leads you through the process of choosing a topic and activity and then planning out the detail of your workshop. This is a new addition to the EYH web site so we would appreciate any feedback via the evaluation form at the end of the guide.
Volunteer LuncheonNeed help planning a workshop or even choosing a topic? Have concerns about the logistics of the day? Want to mingle and network with other women scientists, mathematicians and engineers?
Attend the Expanding Your Horizons Volunteer Luncheon, sponsored by Cisco Systems, at their RTP campus. The Luncheon will be held on Friday, February 1, from 11:30 to 1:30.
Following the Luncheon, Dr. Mary Louise Bellamy will present a workshop for Presenters to with help and examples for preparing a hands-on workship to be engaging for seventh-grade girls.
Please call 919-515-9403 or email Janet Bailey janet_bailey@ncsu.edu for more information.
Conference timelineJanuary 23 - Goal date for submission of all Presenter registrations. Receipt of your registration will be acknowledged by e-mail.
February 1 - Presenter Appreciation Luncheon and Workshop at Cisco Systems, Inc. Mary Louise Bellamy, Ph.D., will be conducting a workshop on effective hands-on presentations for middle school students. Presenters will have a chance to meet and to ask questions. Essential information including campus maps will be shared.
February 18 - Presenter Packets with information on classroom location and other arrangements will be mailed.
February 23 - Optional Guide Meeting with tour of NCSU campus.
March 5 - Expanding Your Horizons Conference!
Contact Janet Bailey (919-515-9403) if you have any questions or concerns.
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