Registration Continues for Girls’ Feb. 10 Math-Science Event at MTSU
Registration continues for the rescheduled 21st annual Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science Conference at MTSU, which will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 10, on campus.
Middle school and high school girls are welcome to attend. The registration fee is $20. The deadline to register is Friday, Jan. 19, or when maximum capacity has been reached.
Expanding Your Horizons, or EYH, helps girls and young women investigate science and mathematics careers, talk with women in math and science, attend science and math workshops with their peers, participate in hands-on activities and meet girls interested in the STEM disciplines of math, science, engineering and technology.
Scholarship assistance is available. To register, go to http://www.mtsu.edu/eyh/register.php. A link to a parent/guardian release form is included and those who previously registered for the postponed October event will need to submit a new form.
Up to 250 middle school girls and 100 high school girls are welcome to attend the event. Lunch is included with the registration fee.
For more information about EYH at MTSU, email [email protected] or call 615-904-8253.
MTSU has been the home of EYH since 1997. Judith Iriarte-Gross, director of the MTSU WISTEM (Women in STEM) Center and chemistry professor, is EYH director. Students, faculty and staff volunteer their time for the event.
