GIRLS DESIGN FOR GOOD is Back!
WHO: For teams (or individual) girls in grades 8-12. This includes all students: public school, private school, homeschool, scout troops, after school programs.
WHAT: FREE hands-on mini-workshops and a competitive engineering design challenge designed to make STEM exciting and relevant and to motivate girls to pursue high-demand, high-wage STEM careers. Girls from around the state will have the opportunity to learn problem-solving skills by engaging in hands-on sessions with professionals from the community and college students enrolled in technology and engineering disciplines.
WHEN: SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2022 from 8:30 - 4:00 @ the LSU College of Engineering - Patrick F Taylor Hall (LaSTEM Region 2). Other LaSTEM Regional Centers participating include: CENLA STEM @ Northwestern, Bayou STEM @ Fletcher College, SCILS @ Louisiana Tech, and Northshore Regional STEM @ Southeastern.
Location: This year our all-girls event will be held at the @ the state-of-the-art engineering education facility, Taylor Hall at the LSU College of Engineering!
SAMPLE AGENDA:
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. » Arrival, breakfast, welcome
9:00 – 11 a.m. » Morning workshop session(s) and mini-competitions
11:15 a.m. – noon » Lunch & guest speakers
12:30 – 2:45 p.m. »Afternoon design challenge
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. » Presentations
WANT TO VOLUNTEER/MENTOR/DONATE? CONTACT KIMFOSSEY@LSU.EDU
LEARN MORE: Girls Design For Good is a state-wide project of Million Women Mentors-LA in collaboration with Capital Area STEM Network Center @ the LSU Cain Center and the LSU College of Engineering's Society of Peer Mentors'student group that aims to involve young women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Learn more about Million Women Mentors, the premiere network that is dedicated to initiative that encourages girls and women around the world to pursue, persist and succeed in STEM careers. Learn more about the LaSTEM Regional STEM Center initiative.
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