Expanding Your Horizons

  • Who: Young women grades 7th and 8th
  • Where: Texas Wesleyan University campus
  • Date: March 31, 2012
  • Time: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
  • Cost: $5 (includes snack, lunch and t-shirt)

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Expanding Your Horizons

Expanding Your Horizons Texas Wesleyan University is proud to partner with local area middle schools to bring the Expanding Your Horizons Program to our community. Each spring the EYH conference hosts several hundred seventh and eighth grade girls for an all day program of engaging workshops in the fields of math and science. The conference is held on a Saturday on the university campus. Nearly two dozen middle schools participate from Fort Worth and other regional districts and private schools.

EYH Conference Goals

To increase your interest in mathematics and science in the importance of taking these classes in Middle School and High School.

To give you information about career opportunities for women in math and science related careers and to help you find out what you might like.

To introduce you to women role models who are working in math and science related careers.

To provide the opportunity for you to meet with other young women interested in math and science.

Registration

Student Registration
January 18, 2012 - March 7, 2012
Registration Form

Presenter Registration
Please register BEFORE January 14, 2012.
Registration Form

Program Schedule
9:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
10:40 a.m.
11:25 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
12:50 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
1:45 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
  Registration
Opening Session
Workshop 1
Adult & Teacher Workshop
Workshop 2
Pizza Lunch & Door Prizes
Workshop 3
Adult & Teacher Workshop
Workshop 4
Finale
Workshop Topics
Architecture
Astronomy
Aviation
Biology/Botany
Business
Chemistry
Communications
Computer Science
Criminal Justice/Law
Dentistry
  Engineering
Environmental Science
Firefighting/EMT
Geology
Mathematics
Medical Sciences
Meteorology
Physics
Psychology/Sociology
Veterinary Medicine
2010 Advisory Board
Dr. Jane Moore
Pam Alenik
Linda Barasch
Daphne Brookins
Chitra Chandrasekaran
Mary Anne Clark
Dr. Karen Davis
Lauren DeVita
Faby Duron Rodriguez
Sylvia Godoy
John Gonzales
Meredith Greenwood-Brown
Pat Harrison
Megan Ibarra
Linda Krouse
Mary Landers
Khanh Moutafis
Deborah Norris
Vanessa Nunn
Katherine Prater
Angela Roberts
Yolanda Walker
Leza Wilson
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University of Texas at Arlington
City of Fort Worth
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Alcon Laboratories
Texas Wesleyan Upward Bound Math & Science Program
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
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Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains, Inc.
Fort Worth Museum of Science & History
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Crowley ISD
Did you know?

The annual Expanding Your Horizons Conference covers twenty fields of study from in the disciplines of Math and Science.

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Contact Information

Dr. Jane Moore
EYH Conference Director
Professor of Mathematics
Phone: 817-531-4882
Fax: 817-531-4202
jamoore@txwes.edu


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