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17th Annual Women in Science and Engineering
(WISE) Conference Imagine, Invent, Innovate
February 2, 2008
8:00-5:00
UW Seattle Campus
The WISE Conference is designed to appeal to
high school, community college, and undergraduate
and graduate university students. The conference
arena focuses on empowering our girls and ladies in
engineering, science, and technology fields to
discover new opportunities, identify personal
strengths, and to increase overall their confidence to
embark on new academic and professional ventures.
The annual conference is well-attended by high
school, college students, professionals, and
educators from around the region.
To register:
http://www.engr.washington.edu/wise/conference.html
Discounted Technology Training Available
for Education Nonprofit Organizations
The Verizon
Foundation has provided funding to
NPower
Seattle to provide scholarships for training to
nonprofits in the Puget Sound area. NPower's
mission is to help Puget Sound nonprofits use
technology to better serve their communities. Thanks
to this funding we can offer greatly discounted private
trainings to organizations that serve the
Education and
Literacy communities. Trainings will be offered
through March 2008 for only $10 per person
for a half day class or $20 for a full day class.
NPower Seattle will offer the following
trainings for organizations that service the
Education/Literacy & the Domestic Violence
communities:
February 15- InDesign Foundations
February 26- Excel Data Analysis & Reporting
To register for a training:
http://www.npowerseattle.org/education/training/calendar.asp
NGCP February Webcast
Reaching Out to Underserved Populations in
STEM
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
11:00-12:00 PST
You've spent weeks planning and developing a
program to encourage girls or other underserved
populations in STEM. You carefully connected with
groups who may serve those populations. Still, when
the registration comes in, you notice very few
participants are from those targeted groups. In this
session, learn from experts in the field what research
and practice tell us about developing and marketing
STEM programs for underserved populations in STEM.
To register:
http://www.ngcproject.org/events/webcast.cfm
Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) Conference
Volunteers Needed
Expanding Your Horizons are half-day conferences
where about 450 girls in 5th-8th grades participate in
hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math
workshops led by local women professionals. There
are a number of EYH conferences around the Puget
Sound area, and many occur in March.
Volunteers are needed to help with check-in, setting
up facilities, as assistants to workshop presenters,
serving lunch, directing girls to their workshops, and
more. The average volunteer day runs from 7:30AM
until 2:00PM, with some volunteers arriving earlier or
only working for part of the conference.
To volunteer at the Seattle conference on March 15,
e-mail volunteer@seyh.org or phone 206.296.2117.
For information about other sites, please visit:
http://eyh.psctlt.org/
Women in Trades Career Fair- Save The
Date
A trades-related career fair serving thousands of girls
and women.
School Girls Days: May 1-2, 2008
Public Day: May 3, 2008
http://www.tradeswomen.net/
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