[134] 350 Girls to Attend 15th EYH Math, Science Conference at MTSU Oct. 22

News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
EYH contact: Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross, 615-904-8253 or jiriarte@mtsu.edu


350 girls to attend 15th EYH math, science conference at MTSU Oct. 22

MURFREESBORO — About 350 middle- and high-school girls from across the middle Tennessee region will be participating in the 15th annual Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science conference this Saturday, Oct. 22, at MTSU.

The conference not only will provide many fascinating individual workshops, but also will inform participants about interesting aspects of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)-related areas and numerous potential careers shared by experts in these fields.

Among the unique workshops for middle-school girls will be “Chicks on a Mission to Explore,” “Nurses by Day, Divas by Night,” “Concrete is Lean, Mean and Green” and “Menacing Microbes.”

Here are some of the workshop options for the high-school girls: “The Science of Hogwarts,” “Superbugs vs. Designer Drugs,” “Rocket Girls” and “Fintastic Science.”

Joining MTSU faculty as workshop presenters will be professionals from Nissan North America Inc.; Schneider Electric; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Stones River National Battlefield; CB&S Bank; Meharry Medical College; Nashville Zoo at Grassmere; the Wilson County School System; Tennessee Technology Center at Murfreesboro; Lipscomb University; Aerospace Testing Alliance; the Business Education Partnership Foundation at the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce; U.S. Air Force; and Sanford, a Newell Rubbermaid Company.

MTSU senior Jennifer Ilsley, an EYH alumna as a middle-school participant and annual volunteer with the event since the ninth grade, will serve as the Saturday morning keynote speaker. Ilsley is a professional mathematics major and accounting minor. She maintains a 4.0 GPA and anticipates graduating in December.

Registration for this year’s EYH has closed. To learn about the 16th annual EYH at MTSU in fall 2012, call 615-904-8253.

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