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Hi
everyone,
Fall
is an exciting time for Girls Raised In Tennessee
Science. There are many programs and opportunities
for girls of all ages in October and November. You
can meet Marie Curie, learn about how popular
media represents girls and attend the MTSU EYH on
October 22! Don't forget that the GRITS
Collaborative Project is hosting its first annual
conference on November 5. Check out the details
below for all of these programs.
If
you do have a program that supports girls in STEM
education and careers, do send me that
infromation. We will be glad to post content as
submitted and if space is available, in the GRITS
Newsletter. I hope to see you at one or more of
the events mentioned above. Thank you for
supporting Girls Raised In Tennessee
Science!
Judith |
Marie
Curie @ MTSU |
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History
speaks on October 5th when Marie Curie comes alive
to tell her story on the 100th
anniversary of her receiving the Nobel Prize for
Chemistry. Curie was the first
woman to win a Noble Prize and the first person to
win in two different categories,
Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911). Born Marie
Sklodowska in Warsaw, Poland in 1867, to educators
and raised by her physics teacher father after her
mother died when
she was 11, she excelled in math and the sciences
and went on to study a new phenomenon,
radioactivity. Her lifetime of accomplishments has
yet to be surpassed by any scientist: male or
female, dead or alive.
When:
October 5 at 6:30 pm
Where:
Walker Library on the MTSU Campus, First Floor
Reading Area
Sponsored by: WISTEM
Center, Nashville Section of the American Chemical
Society, MTSU WISE and MTSU Chemical
Society |
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MTSU EYH |
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The
MTSU EYH will hold its 15th
Annual Expanding Your Horizons Conference on
Saturday, October 22, 2011. The MTSU EYH
offers tracks for both middle school and high
school girls. The keynote speaker is
Jennifer Ilsley, an MTSU senior who will graduate
with her degree in mathematical sciences in
December 2011. She came to the MTSU EYH as a
fifth grade student. As a college student,
Jennifer has presented EYH workshops on polymer
science and on math. She has also served as
as EYH group leader. Find out more about the
MTSU EYH by sending an email to eyh@mtsu.edu or by
going to the MTSU EYH homepage, www.mtsu.edu/eyh.
Parents, guardians,
teachers and other adults who support girls in
STEM can attend a GRITS Collaborative
Project Forum
at the MTSU EYH conference. Our Forum will
focus on Best Practices in STEM: How to Help Your
Daughter Succeed in
STEM. Register for the MTSU
Forum at http://www.ngcproject.org/events/events.cfm?eventid=215 |
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Miss Representation |
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Join us October 24 at the Economic
Summit on Women for the session from 2:30-4:15 pm
about the documentary film "Miss Representation"
that will inspire women and girls to find their
own voice and power. American teens talk about the
mixed messages they are getting and their struggle
to find the right path. There will be discussion
about the issue of why women and girls are often
misrepresented in the media and what can be done
to change this. Young girls who are students may
attend this session only at no cost, but must
contact Yvonne Wood at ycwood@aol.com to sign up
for the session. |
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GRITS Annual
Conference |
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The GRITS Collaborative
Project presents "Sisters in STEM"... our first
Annual Conference on Saturday, November 5, 2011 on
the campus of Middle Tennessee State University in
the James Union Building. A STEM Mixer open to all
stakeholders who are invested in STEM education,
will be held on the evening of November 4.
Registration is required for both events. Contact
me at jiriarte@mtsu.edu, if you
have questions.
To
Register for Conference:
http://www.ngcproject.org/events/events.cfm?eventid=216
To
Register for
Mixer:
http://www.ngcproject.org/events/events.cfm?eventid=217 |
I
hope to see you at the GRITS Annual Conference.
Thank you for supporting Girls Raised In Tennessee
Science!
Judith Iriarte-Gross
Ph.D.
GRITS
Collaborative Project
WISTEM Center
615-494-7763 | |
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