The 2013 Girls Raised in Tennessee Science (GRITS) Collaborative Project Conference in MTSU’s Tom H. Jackson Building included a special workshop by Techbridge called “Role Models Matter” on Feb. 7. See a video report from the workshop below.
This year’s GRITS conference theme was “Building STEM Capacity for Girls in the South.” STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross is director of MTSU’s Women in STEM Center and a chemistry professor. Visit www.mtsu.edu/wistem to learn more about how GRITS and Expanding Your Horizons events encourage young women to pursue STEM careers. You also can visit mtsunews.com/aauw-grant-wistem to learn about a recent grant that will help fund more events like these at MTSU.
The MTSU Women in STEM Center is using a $10,000 grant from the American Association of University Women Foundation to eventually expose at least 1,000 Southern girls to career possibilities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. The AAUW Foundation awarded the 2012-13 Community Action Grant last year,…
The 2013 Girls Raised in Tennessee Science Collaborative Project Annual Conference will be held Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 6-8, in MTSU’s Tom H. Jackson Building. This year’s theme for the Girls Raised in Tennessee Science, or GRITS, conference is “Building STEM Capacity for Girls in the South.” STEM stands for…
MTSU chemistry professor Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross is back from Washington, D.C., where she shared her enthusiasm for STEM education for girls and women with her fellow educators at the White House. Iriarte-Gross was invited to attend the Dec. 9 "White House Champions of Change" event, which saluted efforts to recruit and…
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