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Regional Fall Forums Scheduled Around Texas


The Texas Girls Collaborative Project welcomes participants from K-12 and higher education institutions, industry, not-for-profit and informal learning organizations, museums and government agencies from across the state to join us at one of five Regional Fall Forums.

Regional Fall Forum Agenda:

Regional Fall Forum Dates and Registrations:

Regional Fall Forums are planned in Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso and Houston. Thanks to our generous hosts and the National Girls Collaborative Project, the TxGCP is offering all Regional Fall Forums at no cost to participants.

Austin - Register Now
Friday, November 21, 2008
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Girl Scouts of Central Texas Kodosky Program Center
12012 Park Thirty-five Circle, Austin, Texas 78753
Hosted by the Girl Scouts of Central Texas
Downloadable Flyer - Help Us Spread the Word

Corpus Christi - Register Now
Friday, December 5, 2008
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
TAMUCC Educational Center for Mathematics and Science (ECMS)
6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5818
Hosted by the The Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) College of Education's Center for Mathematics and Science
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Dallas - Register Now
Thursday, October 30, 2008
1 - 4 p.m.
SMU Embrey Engineering Building
3101 Dyer Street, Dallas, TX 75205
Hosted by SMU Engineering
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El Paso - Register Now
Thursday, December 11, 2008
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
TecH2O Water Resources Learning Center
10751 Montana Ave., El Paso, TX 79935
Hosted by TecH2O Water Resources Learning Center and Education Service Center - Region 19
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Houston
Thursday, November 13, 2008
1 - 4 p.m.
The United Way of Greater Houston
50 Waugh Drive, Houston, Texas 77007
Hosted by Shell
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Participants will have the opportunity network and find possible collaborative partners, gain ideas for programs, learn about other programs and resources, learn more about how to effectively assess programs, gain access to easy to use and easy to implement assessment instruments, and learn more about the TxGCP.

Regional Fall Forums build upon the five themes which surfaced at the TxGCP Kick-off Conference regarding the needs across the state and where the TxGCP can provide leadership in pre-college STEM initiatives targeting girls: