Saturday, April 26, 2008

9am - 4pm

Thank you for coming to our first annual EYH Conference!  We value your feedback and will take it into consideration in planning next year’s event.  Check back often for more information regarding next year.  Here are pictures from 2008.

Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) is a free one-day conference for 9th-11th grade girls. The girls each participate in four workshops organized by JMU mathematics faculty. The goals of the conference are to stimulate the participants’ interest in math through these hands-on activities, to provide them with female scientist role models, and to foster awareness of opportunities in math and science-related careers.

Although the focus of the EYH conference is to provide hands-on learning experiences for girls, we also organize a special session for accompanying adults to give them information on educational and career opportunities involving science, math, and engineering.

Other highlights of EYH include a keynote speech by a prominent woman scientist and a display of science books, resources, and games that participants and their parents can access throughout the day.