Other Events

In addition to the Annual Conference, the Minnesota Girls Collaborative Project will host a variety of events for girl-serving organizations, educators, and business professionals in its area.

The project begins with a kick-off conference to announce the project and begin networking among the participants.

The kick-off conference is followed by two topic forums that provide professional development activities, highlight local programs, and continue the valuable networking experience.

During this time, programs have collaborated to apply for and earn mini-grant awards, then carry out those projects.

Previous Events

• Minnesota STEM Network: Call to Action
  The second community and statewide gathering of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) practitioners and policy makers in Minnesota was held on April 16, 2010 at the Medtronic Worldwide Headquarters. Leaders in business and industry concerned with STEM workforce development, K-12 educators, higher education faculty, nonprofits serving girls in STEM education and others all came together at this special event to kick-off Minnesota's involvement in the National Girls Collaborative Project. Participants learned about advancement of state efforts, research based strategies, the NGCP Program Directory, collaboration, educational resources, and mini-grant funding.