Do you know an 8th/10th grade girl with that "certain spark"?

Girls of Promise | Women's Foundation of Arkansas

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Registration is open for Girls of Promise 2012!

In Her Words

An 8th grade Girls of Promise-Tech participant reflects on the hands-on portion of a session highlighting optometry careers.

Hands-on Activities

Girls of Promise-Tech 2012 Participants | Photo by Shane Harrison

All Girls of Promise participants learn through hands-on experiences about careers that utilize ESTEM fields.

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2012 Corporate Sponsors

Junior Auxiliary of Russellville, Arkansas, Inc.

2012 Campus Partners

Thanks to our collaborators for hosting Girls of Promise in 2012!

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Greetings!

This past Saturday, February 4th, Arkansas Tech University hosted WFA's first Girls of Promise conference of the 2012 season. Fifty eighth grade girls and 6 tenth-grade alumnae immersed themselves in the importance of higher education as the path to success in life!

These young women considered career fields that they never thought possible before! More photos & videos are available on FACEBOOK.

REGISTRATION is open for seven more conferences that will be hosted across Arkansas this spring!

Upcoming Conferences

Saturday, March 3: Girls of Promise-NWACC

Hosted by NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville

Accepting up to 100 eighth grade girls!

Accepting up to 25 tenth grade alumnae!

Registration Deadline: Friday, Feb 10

Saturday, March 10: Girls of Promise-UALR

Hosted by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Accepting up to 100 eighth grade girls!

Accepting up to 25 tenth grade alumnae

Registration Deadline: Friday, Feb 17

Saturday, March 31: Girls of Promise - ASU

Hosted by Arkansas State University in Jonesboro

Accepting up to 100 eighth grade girls!

Accepting up to 25 tenth grade alumnae

Registration Deadline: Friday, March 9

Saturday, March 31: Girls of Promise - SAU

Hosted by Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia

*New Campus Partner!*

Accepting up to 100 eighth grade girls!

Registration Deadline: Friday, March 9

Saturday, March 31: Girls of Promise - UAM

Hosted by University of Arkansas at Monticello

*New Campus Partner!*

Accepting up to 50 eighth grade girls!

Registration Deadline: Friday, March 9

Saturday, April 14: Girls of Promise - HU

Hosted by Harding University in Searcy

Accepting up to 60 eighth grade girls!

Registration Deadline: Friday, March 23

Saturday, April 14: Girls of Promise - HSU/OBU

Hosted by Henderson State University & Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia *New Campus Partners!*

Accepting up to 60 eighth grade girls!

Registration Deadline: Friday, March 23

	Register Girls
CLICK HERE to register 8th Grade Girls CLICK HERE to register 10th Grade Alumnae CLICK HERE for Frequently Asked questions

WFA will be PUBLISHING a report celebrating all of our 2012 Girls of Promise conferences this summer and will be posting pictures & videos from Saturday on our facebook page.

Please pass this information along to the girls you know with that "spark"! And continue to keep encouraging the young women you know to find find careers that utilize the subjects & skills they love!

Sincerely,

Lynnette Watts

Executive Director

Amanda Potter Cole
Director of Outreach

The mission of Women's Foundation of Arkansas is to promote philanthropy among women and to help women and girls achieve their full potential. The over-arching goal of WFA is economic security for Arkansas's women with focused funding on educational programs as the key strategy for achievement. WFA is the only statewide foundation that concentrates solely on women and girls in Arkansas.