The Southern Arkansas University STEM Center for K-12 Education has been awarded a grant from the Arkansas STEM Coalition to provide a one-day, hands-on science and engineering STEM leadership workshop for female students ranging from tenth grade in high school through college sophomores.
The “Women Can-Do Attitude” STEM Workshop at SAU will be held from 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the SAU Science Center on Saturday, May 2, 2015. Pre-registration is required, and is available online at https://web.saumag.edu/science/stem/workshop-registration/. Pre-register will close on Saturday, April 25, 2015.
Registration is free, but is limited to 50 participants. Parent or teacher chaperones for high school students are requested for every six students from a school. Lunch and snacks will be provided for the students and the chaperones.
The students will experience engaging, hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) activities in small groups, in a university setting taught by university faculty and upper-level students.
“The exciting activities we have planned for students include robotics, engineering design and testing, electronic measurements, radio-biology, medical anatomy and physiology, environmental toxicology, and ultra-violet spectroscopy,” said Dr. Scott White, director of the SAU STEM Center and chair of the SAU Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Physics. “The students will also have the opportunity to network with female role models and mentors in STEM careers, and discover the importance of high-level STEM courses in high school and college in relationship to STEM degrees and earning potential.”
The funds for this grant have been provided by from the Carl D. Perkins Technical Education Act of 2006 through the Arkansas STEM Coalition, in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Higher Education and the Arkansas Department of Career Education.
For more information, contact Dr. White at srwhite@saumag.edu or 870-235-4278.
