With registration already underway, middle school and high school girls should act early to secure their spot in the 2014 Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics Conference at MTSU.
The 18th annual event will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, on campus. The registration fee is $18. The deadline to register is Sunday, Aug. 31.
To register, go to http://www.mtsu.edu/wistem/eyh/index.php and click on “Registration.” A link for the parent or guardian release form is included on the registration page.
Expanding Your Horizons is a hands-on math and science event to help girls consider careers in these fields as well as engineering and technology, said Judith Iriarte-Gross, EYH and WISTEM (Women in STEM) Center director. She added that it gives them opportunities to talk with women in science and attend this type of conference with other girls. STEM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
MTSU alumna Freneka Minter, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center program coordinator in the Center for Health Services Research, will serve as keynote speaker for the middle school and high school girls. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the university.