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Issue # 3

September 2008

It's finally September, which means we are in high gear for our fall events, the GRITS Collaborative Kick-Off Conference (for adults) and the Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics Conference (for girls in grades 5-12). 

In this newsletter, you'll find information on both.

GRITS Collaborative Kick-Off:

Friday, September 26

The GRITS Collaborative Kick-Off Conference will be held on Friday, September 26. The day's events will be taking place from 9 AM to 3 PM in MTSU's Keathley University Center. The day will feature ...

an introduction to the goals of the GRITS Collaborative and the National Girls Collaborative Project _____________________________________________________

a Women in STEM panel discussion _____________________________________________________

a keynote address from Leslie Wisner-Lynch, DDS, DMSc, a founding partner of the Franklin, Tennessee-based BioMimetics Therapeutics, Inc. _____________________________________________________

networking opportunities
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information about the National Girls Collaborative Project's online Program Directory

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information on and guidelines for Mini-Grants, which can award up to $1000 to a collaborative project for girls in STEM ______________________________________________________

workshops free registration, free parking, free lunch, and door prizes (!)

If you are an educator (K-12 and post-secondary), mentor, STEM professional--or anyone interested in encouraging girls to pursue STEM education tracks and careers--please make plans to attend.

 You can find additional information, as well as links to online registration, by clicking here.

WE STILL HAVE KICK-OFF

SPACE AVAILABLE!

 If your girl-serving organization or STEM-based business would like to be represented at the Kick-Off, please call Lacey Fleming in the GRITS office at 615.494.7763.

MTSU Expanding Your Horizons:

Saturday, October 25 

MTSU's Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics Conference will be held on Saturday, October 25, also on the MTSU campus. The day will be filled with guest speakers and workshops for all girls in grades 5 through 12, and the ladies of MTSU's Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) will be taking part in a panel discussion for young women in grades 9 through 12. The registration fee for middle school girls is $12; for high school students, the fee is $15.

Registration is a two-part process.

1. Girls must register themselves and choose their workshops on the EYH Web site. To find MTSU's conference, pick "Tennessee" in the drop-down box on the main page. From there, girls will be taken to a page with both the middle school and high school registration information--they should take care to pick the correct one!

2. Parents must then complete the MTSU EYH permission form. These can be submitted electronically by clicking the "submit" button at the bottom of the permission form page, but they may also be mailed. Registration checks and paper permission forms should be sent to:

MTSU EYH

MTSU P.O. Box X161

1301 East Main Street

Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37132

For more information, please visit MTSU's EYH Web site.

If you are having trouble accessing the above Web sites, an MS Word document with step-by-step instructions is available. Please send an e-mail to lfleming@mtsu.edu; if possible, identify where in the registration process you are having issues.

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