2010 MAGiC Spring Forum

     Where & When
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Time: 9 AM - 12 PM
Location: 1110 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
MAGiC Best Practices Forum 
Featuring Dr. Barbara Bogue
 
Please join us for the first Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative Forum!  This forum will focus on best practices in assessing the effectiveness of your programs, lessons learned from the first round of mini-grant funding, and the launch of the second round of mini-grant funding.  
 
Schedule of Events 
9:00-10:40  Seven Steps to Getting What You Want
Presenter: Barbara Bogue
 
This workshop will cover best practices in assessing informal STEM projects. You will learn about the resources available for use through the Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE) project and how to use your data to get your project/program funding. This workshop will include information that you can use in writing MAGiC Mini-Grant proposals.
 
10:40-11:00 Speed Networking
Presenter: Paige Smith
 
11:00-11:40 Why So Few? Girls and Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
NGCP Webcast
Questions and Answers with Barbara Bogue, Paige Smith and Elizabeth Vandenburg
 
An overview of the findings from the AAUW study on gender equity in STEM will be provided. In addition to learning about the most recent social science research on the low numbers of women in some STEM fields, recommendations will be provided on what we can do about it.
 
11:40-12:00 Round Two: MAGiC Mini-Grants
Presenter: Elizabeth Vandenburg
 
A light breakfast will be provided
Please RSVP  here by May 19
Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative
www.ngcproject.org/magic
 
The Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative Project is a collaborative effort funded through the National Girls Collaborative Project and the National Science Foundation.  Organizations involved with the leadership of the Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative include University of Maryland Women in Engineering (WIE) Program and American Association of University Women (AAUW).
Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative | www.ngcproject.org/magic | College Park | MD | 20742