Rapid City’s annual Women in Science Conference will take place on March
14 on the South Dakota Mines campus. The program is hosted by Youth in Science
Rapid City, Inc., co-sponsored by Mines’ Women in Science and Engineering
(WiSE), and funded by grants and community partners.
An estimated 814
middle school girls will converge on the South Dakota
Mines campus from 9 a.m. to 2:35 p.m. on Tuesday, March 14, for the annual
Women in Science Conference. The keynote address will take place in the Goodell
Gym while the exhibit hall will be in the Fraser Gym with other speakers spread
across the Mines campus.
The immersion-based experience is designed to
provide young women with engaging opportunities to learn about careers in
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
A wide range of STEM careers will be demonstrated by
professional women leading interactive exhibits and discussions. Among the
speakers are engineers, physicians, dentists, meteorologists, science
educators, veterinarians, geologists and accountants.
Sharlissa Moore, Ph.D., environmental justice and
stakeholder engagement advisor at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will
offer the keynote address. More can be found on Moore here.
Every 7th grade girl in the Rapid City
Area School District will attend as well as girls from American Horse School,
Custer, Douglas, Edgemont, Hermosa, Hill City, Hot Springs, Isna Wica Owayawa
(Loneman), Kadoka, Little Wound, New Underwood, Red Cloud, St. Thomas More and
Wall as well as homeschooled students.
The program is hosted by Youth in
Science Rapid City, Inc. and co-sponsored by Mines’ Women in
Science and Engineering (WiSE) program and funded by grants and community
partners.