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Nov/Dec 2012 Newsletter
Welcome to the KY Girls STEM Collaborative Newsletter

  

The girls from the first the Aquabots camp at UK in August 2012.  

Welcome KGSC Member
Collaborative News
KGSC Mini-Grants

Mini-grants Available to Increase Girls' Interest in Science, Engineering and Technology

 

The Kentucky Girls STEM Collaborative, a statewide initiative to encourage girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), is currently offering mini-grants of up to $1,000. Teachers, community groups and other organizations committed to collaborating, informing and motivating girls are encouraged to apply. Our grants are funded in collaboration with the Kentucky National Science Foundation (NSF) Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration Kentucky Space Grant Consortium (NASA KY). Priority will also be given to programs reaching out to underrepresented girls in STEM, such as girls with disabilities and girls from diverse populations.

 

For more information see the website for the National Girls Collaborative Project: http://www.ngcproject.org/mini-grants.  

 

Applications for the grants are being accepted anuary 2-31, 2013 and are available at:  http://www.ngcproject.org/mini-grants.

 

For more information, contact Nancy C. Martin, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Louisville, via e-mail at [email protected], or phone (502) 852-5226

Recognizing Excellence in Computer Science

Kentucky Girls STEM Collaborative has partnered with National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) in recognizing middle school girls in Kentucky who excel in computer science.  The  selected girls will receive an award at the annual Student Technical Leadership Program (STLP) Conference held on March 28, 2013, at the Lexington Convention Center, and Rupp Arena. For more information contact Elaine Harrison-Lane, [email protected].

  

Louisville Collaboration Forum:

Linking STEM Professional to Girls Interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

The Kentucky Girls STEM Collaborative held a Collaboration Forum in Louisville at the Kentucky Science Center on December 11, 2012.  Sixty one educators, industry representatives, non-profit administrators, higher education officials, and parents attended the event.  Interested members of the Louisville community as well as those from across the state discovered the many resources offered by the National Girls STEM Collaborative Project.  In addition, attendees met the local Collaborative leadership team and learned how they might benefit from future involvement with the Collaborative.   To help with the collaboration process, attendees participated in "Speed Networking" which provided each person the opportunity to meet several others involved in girl-serving or STEM-focused organizations andprograms.   The agenda also included small group discussions to develop "Collaborative Action Plans" followed by "Lessons Learned from the Field" which highlighted local successful girl-serving programs.   All of these activities provided opportunities for attendees to discover programs in the Louisville area that could lead to a promising collaboration.  We announced that the application process for mini-grants will open on January 2 and we encouraged participants to help us populate the FAB FEMS database by signing on themselves and/or asking female STEM professionals they know to sign on.  If you were unable to attend this Forum and would like to learn more about the Kentucky Girls STEM Collaborative or mini- grants, please email Dr. Nancy Martin, [email protected].

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The Kentucky Girls STEM Collaborative Project has a facebook page. Check us out and join to keep up with STEM related news. We currently up to 61 "likes". I know we can do better!!!

 

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Join the Program Directory

 

Is your program listed in the Kentucky Girls STEM Collaborative directory located on the NGCP website?  We are currently updating the directory so this is the perfect time to be included.  The advantage to you for being part of this directory: Gain access to mini-grants and have the first shot at opportunities such as the Aquabots Educator Training as well as SciGirl Training and other curriculum and resource dissemination across Kentucky! 

 

Sign up your program, organization and/or event in the National Girls Collaborative Project Program Directory.  Join over 170 listings from across Kentucky and find collaborators and other STEM educators in your area. Registration is free!!

Articles, Reports, Resources

FabFems Spotlight

  

The FabFems Spotlight is a new monthly feature highlighting inspiring women from the FabFems Role Model directory. There are over 100 FabFems profiles in the database and this number is growing. FabFems are enthusiastic about the science and technology work they do and want to inspire a future generation of FabFems. Visit FabFems to search profiles, connect with role models, and find resources on career pathways.


 
Meet Dr. Tonya Matthews from Cincinnati, Ohio, whose interests have l ed her to become a scientist, educator, community activist, and a writer/poet. Dr. Matthews received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and her graduate degree from Johns Hopkins University, both in biomedical engineering. Her career history has been varied, including community science education, creating a biotechnology program with the Maryland Science Center, developing a biomedical science curriculum with Project Lead the Way, and working as a biomedical engineer for the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Matthews currently serves as the Vice President for Museums at the Cincinnati Museum Center. Her message to girls: "My advice for you is to declare a dream and get on the path... any path. If I have learned anything, it is that it really is the journey, not the destination. I have never ended up where I thought I would be, but every moment has been worth it and every place I have ended up has surpassed my dreams." To learn more about Tanya, visit her FabFems profile at: http://www.fabfems.org/users/tonya-matthews.
 
If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a FabFem, visit: http://www.fabfems.org.

 

What can you do to help?
Do you want to know more about what is available in Kentucky in terms of STEM education from girls? Check out theProgram Directory at the NGCP site. If you have your own program for girls in STEM be sure to enter your own data in the NGCP Program Directory. Kentucky had 176 entries as of July 2012 and we're hoping for 250 entries by the end of 2012.
  
Sincerely,
  
Czarena Crofcheck
KY Girls STEM Collaborative
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AquaBots Summer Camp  

The date is set...mark your calendars. We will be offering a summer camp for middle school girls, grade 8 - 11, on the University of Kentucky campus on July 29 - August 2, 2013.  Watch this newsletter for application information and camp details. 

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About NGCP
The vision of the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) is to bring together organizations throughout the United States and Puerto Rico that are committed to informing and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).