Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) 2019 will be held at WVU Tech on Saturday, March 30, 2019. We are looking for volunteers (individual or groups) to lead hands-on workshops for middle school-aged girls. The workshops should be STEM related, but the content is entirely up to you. Please let me know if you are interested in volunteering and submit your workshop ideas by February 15th. If you would like more information regarding this event, please feel free to contact Jamie McCall or 304-293-4263.
Van Liere Research Conference: The 54th Van Liere Research Conference will be March 21 & 22, 2019 at the WVU Health Sciences Campus. This is an opportunity for undergraduates, professional program students, graduate students, residents, fellows, and postdoctoral researchers to present their research. The posters are judged by faculty and winners are chosen from each category. Deadline to submit an abstract is February 15, 2019 (5:00PM) 2019 Van Liere Research Conference REGISTRATION. AWIS-WV Chapter will have a booth at the event. Please consider stopping by to see us and to support the students presenting their work.
West Virginia Science Bowl: The West Virginia Science Bowl (WVSB) Regional Coordinating Committee is pleased to announce that the 2019 field for the WVSB middle and high school competitions is set! With the Feb.8-9 events quickly approaching, we welcome any and all volunteers. Volunteers can sign up here http://wvsciencebowl.org/. The National Science Bowl is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and features a tournament-style academic competition challenging students in the fields of science and mathematics.
