JULY 2021 through JANUARY 2022 PROGRAMS

UPCOMING EVENTS:

January 9th through February 13 – Careers in STEM – REGISTRATION LINK

Intro to Engineering: Sunday, 2:30 to 3:30, January 9th through February 13 – five, one-hour virtual presentations and discussion about preparing for careers in engineering. Developer and Moderator, Anika Dupreez.

Intro to Health Science: Saturday, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., February 5th one, one-hour virtual presentation and discussion about preparing for careers in health sciences. Developer and Moderator Ayanna Sharma.

February 19th through March 19th – Saturday afternoon 12:30 to 2:30 CAD Design and Manufacturing – REGISTRATION LINK

3D Jewelry Design using TinkerCAD on February 19th at 12:30. This TechGirlz virtual program will kick off a series of two-hour hands-on activities for girls to master TinkerCAD Design and 3 D printing. We hope to have some of these programs in person. Developer and Instructor Grace Fei. Details to follow.

March 5th – Saturday afternoon 9:30 to 2:30 FIND YOUR STEM – REGISTRATION LINK and event information pending….

Find Your STEM 8th through 12th grade conference for young women in high school, those preparing for high school, and those preparing for post-secondary studies and careers. Find Your STEM 2022 poster

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RECENT PAST EVENTS AND PROGRAMS:

TRIAD TECH SAVVY RETURNED on OCTOBER 16 2021 AT THE HIGH POINT LIBRARY

November 6th TechGirlz Lights Camera Action – a 2-hour virtual class on videography using Adobe Spark. Lauryn Wynn instructor.

STEMEd for Girls – a nationwide AAUW program

IT IS FOR GIRLS April 1, 2021 through June 25, 2021

PRE-REGISTRATION is closed as of May 15th. For information contact Laura Tew

-Roma Desai will lead Girls Code the Web with funding from the National Center of Women & Information Technology.

-Sanvi Korsapathy will lead Tech Tank Incubator with funding from the National Center of Women & Information Technology.

-Hope Stephens will lead Robots on the Run with funding from the National Center of Women & Information Technology.

-Terra McKee, doctoral candidate at North Carolina A&T State University will lead GIS & Drones.

CODEISTA – programming skills using Alice 2.0;

2021 Find Your STEM conference for High School Girls Replay of Virtual Event Toolkit

September 5 to October 31, 2020 – Code for Change

Code for a Change is a program designed to introduce girls to the basics of electronics with an emphasis on the integration of Arduino and Raspberry Pi technologies. Participants will work collaboratively with these technologies to identify and present a solution to a real-world social issue of their choice. Provided by Kimberly and AAUW Greensboro with support from the National Center of Women & Information Technology.

TECHGIRLZ events sponsored by AAUW Greensboro

Lights, Camera, Action leader Lauryn Wynn

Cybersecurity leader Riya Kannan

3-D Design and Manufacturing with TinkerCAD

2020 IT IS FOR GIRLS CAMP

August 3 – 7th – Camp in a Backpack. Information for Registered Students

Our camp was a huge success!! We are appreciative of our sponsor, National Center for Women & Information Technology, our leaders (Kimberly, Suhani, Janice, and Hope), our coordinator Christa, all of the volunteers and parents – and ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS who worked so hard to complete their projects in this virtual environment.