152 EYH MATH, SCIENCE CONFERENCE HELPS GIRLS EXPLORE CAREER FIELDS

Date: Oct. 25, 2007

EYH contact: Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross, 615-904-8253 (office) / 615-594-7493 (cell)
Dr. Rebecca Zijlstra, 615-898-5776 (office) / 615-848-8960 (cell)



EXPANDING YOUR HORIZONS MATH, SCIENCE
CONFERENCE HELPS GIRLS EXPLORE CAREER FIELDS


Who: 300 girls in grades 5-8; 50 girls in grades 9-12
What: 11th annual Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science Conference
When: 8 a.m.- 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27 (girls meet in Learning Resources Center)
Events go from 9:50 until 2 p.m.
Where: MTSU campus, Murfreesboro
Sites include Wiser-Patten Science Hall, Davis Science Building and others
Why: Opportunity for girls to explore science, technology, engineering, math fields

Great photo ops
• “Designing Women,” 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Wiser-Patten Science Building Room 220, led by Ashley Taylor of TVA and Fiona King of Nashville;
• “Concrete is More Than a Birdhouse,” 9:45 a.m.-10:45 p.m., Voorhies Industrial Studies Room 171, led by Dr. Heather Brown, MTSU ETIS Concrete Industry Management program;
• “Rocket Girls,” 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Davis Science Building Room 100, led by Fisk University students and a faculty member, and Rudy Gowstowski of NASA (also presented
t1 p.m. in DSB 100)
• “Paleontology: Boning Up,” 1 to 2 p.m., Kirksey Old Main Room 300, led by Dr. Melissa Lobegeier, MTSU geosciences.
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