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Welcome to the February 2009
edition of the Texas Girls
Collaborative Project
(TxGCP) eNewsletter.
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TxGCP partners with
WEPAN to offer...
"In the Spotlight
2009: Best and Emerging
Practices" & "Making STEM
Connections as Big as Texas"
Friday, June 19, 2:00 -
5:45 p.m.
Spotlight 2009
will highlight best and emerging
practices in engineering
education from WEPAN partners
and members, TxGCP mini-grant
recipients, and others across
Texas in a poster session
featuring mini-presentations &
discussions.
Making STEM
connections as Big as Texas,
a mini conference for WEPAN
conference participants and
Texas STEM professionals, will
follow. Connect with colleagues,
engage in discussions, discover
benefits of WEPAN and learn
effective strategies to
strengthen STEM programs.
Friday afternoon concludes the
WEPAN conference with a
networking happy hour.
Registration and details about
the 2009 Spotlight Session and
Making STEM Connections as Big
as Texas will be available by
March 1, 2009. |
DragonflyTV Bilingual
SciGirls Videos and Activities
With the goal of supporting
education programs, Twin Cities
Public Television is creating a
set of bilingual SciGirls videos
and activities, and offering
$7,000 to organizations with
creative ideas for using these
resources to increase
Hispanic/Latina girls'
engagement in STEM. Any
non-profit organization serving
youth from Spanish-speaking
households is encouraged to
apply. SciGirls offers fun
science experiences for girls
across the country. For more
information, contact
Margaret Duden.
New Great Science for
Girls Web Site
Explore the new
Great Science for Girls (GSG)
Web site, developed by the
Educational Equity Center. The
Web site is a valuable resource
for afterschool program
directors, practitioners,
parents, intermediaries, and
researchers. GSG has assembled a
wide range of resources,
literature, and research to
assist in discussions with
funders, community members, and
other stakeholders regarding
girls and science. Also
available on the site is a list
of evidence-based curriculum
that is successful in
stimulating girls' interest in
STEM. |
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Around Texas: K-12 STEM Events |
See what Science,
Technology, Math or Engineering
events are coming up in your
area. Events are listed in
"deadline to apply or register"
order. Just select the event
name to read more about it.
Be sure to submit your events
for inclusion! We're
looking for events from
ALL across Texas and
want to help promote your
activities.
Informal Science Education
Association of Texas
Annual Conference
Early Registration Deadline:
2/6/09
Conference Dates: 2/25-27/09
Van, Texas
Parent/Daughter Workshop:
Cupid's Secrets
Girlstart
Event Date: 2/7/09
Grades: 1st - 5th
Austin, Texas
High School Math Contest
University of Houston - Dept. of
Mathematics
Event Date: 2/14/09
Grades: 9th -12th
Houston, Texas
Introduce a Girl to Engineering
Day - Midland College
The Permian Basin Society of
Petroleum Engineers
Event Date: 2/19/09
Grades: 10th - 12th
Midland, Texas
Introduce a Girl to Engineering
Day - UT Austin
Women in Engineering Program -
UT Austin
Event Date: 2/21/09
Grades: 1st - 8th
Austin, Texas
Welch Summer Scholar Program
Dept. of Chemistry and
Biochemistry - UT Austin
Deadline: 2/28/09 (Event Date:
6/8/09 - 7/12/09)
Grades: 11th - 12th
Austin, Texas
Consider Every Option (CEO)
Women in Engineering Program -
UT Austin
Deadline: 3/2/09 (Event Date:
6/9/09 - 6/13/09)
Grades: 9th - 11th
Austin, Texas
Expanding Your Horizons
Girlstart
Deadline: 3/18/09 (Event Date:
3/28/09)
Grades: 4th - 8th
Austin, Texas
Shake Hands with Your Future
Texas Tech University
Event Date: 6/7-6/12 for Grades
8-11
Event Date: 7/5-7/10 for Grades
4 - 7
Lubbock, Texas
Science: It's a Girl Thing
Texas Tech University
Event Date: 6/22-6/25 for Grades
5-6
Event Date: 7/20-7/23 for Grades
7-11
Lubbock, Texas
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Webinars, Trainings, Events |
ITEA
Webinar: "Inspire the Next
Generation of Engineers"
February 10, 2009
3:00 - 3:45 PM
Are you looking for FREE
resources and communication
strategies to inspire girls
to explore engineering? The
International Technology
Education Association (ITEA)
is joining forces with
Engineer Your Life (EYL), a
national campaign to
showcase engineering as an
exciting and rewarding
career choice for high
school girls. Join us for
this 45-minute webinar and
you will learn about the
research behind the project
and how you can encourage
girls (and boys) to consider
engineering by promoting it
through the lens of what
matters to teens. You will
also hear firsthand from
ITEA members about how they
are using EYL to reach out
to students and fellow
colleagues in their schools.
Register
Today!
NGCP
February Webcast
Best Practices in
Creating Successful
Collaborations: Lessons
Learned from the National
Girls Collaborative Project
February 11, 2009
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Central
NGCP uses a number of
strategic activities to
encourage collaboration
among girl-serving STEM
projects and programs. This
webcast will examine the key
elements of
effective collaboration by
providing lessons learned
from NGCP project staff and
partners.
Register Online Today!
ASCE and WGBH Webinar:
"Effectively Communicating
Engineering Careers to High
School Girls"
February 25, 2009
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Central
Many people who love being
engineers have said that they
didn't consider engineering, or
even know what it was, until
someone suggested it as a career
option. Sometimes just one adult
can make all the difference in
helping young people discover
their dream jobs. Participants
will leave this 45-minute
Webinar with new, research-based
messaging and outreach resources
from the Engineer Your Life
project that will help them
reach out and encourage youth,
especially high school girls, to
consider engineering as a career
option.
Imagine That!
Engineering Innovation
Every year the National
Academy of Engineering sponsors
an engineering essay contest on
the EngineerGirl website for
students across the nation.
Students in grades 3-12 can
compete for cash
prizes. Guidelines and related
information about the contest
can be found on the
EngineerGirl website. The
deadline is March 1, 2009. |
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The TxGCP eNewsletter is
distributed monthly. Visit our
web site for additional updates
on upcoming events, resources
and mini-grant information. |
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Event Listing |
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Publicize your
K-12 STEM-related events across
Texas.
Submit your event
information
by AUGUST 20th for inclusion in
the next TxGCP eNewsletter.
NGCP
Program Directory
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The vision of the
National Girls Collaborative
Project (NGCP) is to bring
together organizations
throughout the United States and
Puerto Rico that are committed
to informing and encouraging
girls to pursue careers in
science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics
(STEM).. |
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Save the Date! WEPAN is
coming to Austin: June 17-19,
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Center Stage: Effective
Strategies for Recruitment and
Talent Development
Women in Engineering
ProActive Network (WEPAN) is
a national not-for-profit
organization dedicated to
improving the climate for
and success of all women in
engineering. WEPAN's
national conference gathers
200-plus professionals
annually to translate the
most current research into
best practices. Recurring
and emerging issues are
addressed by participants
representing industry,
community college and
universities, K-12 and
informal education, policy
makers and other
advocates. Dedicated to
creating changes that
enhance the success of women
of all races and ethnicities
in science, technology,
engineering and math.
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