Publish Date: Nov 20, 2015
SALINAS, Calif. – Hartnell Community College District is happy to host the Sixth Annual Expanding Your Horizons Conference and Career Fair for young women tomorrow, November 21, 2015 starting at 8:00 a.m. at 411 Central Avenue, Salinas, CA.
This unique collaboration with the Lyceum of Monterey County, brings together girls in grades 5-10 interested in math, technology, science, and engineering (STEM). More than 300 girls, parents and teachers will be in attendance.
The workshops and career fair will be at the Student Center and adjacent rooms from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Career Fair will run throughout the day providing the youth valuable insight and knowledge of different fields of study. Workshops will also be offered to parents and teachers.
The participants will attend two hands-on workshops that will give them ample opportunity to interact with the professionals and work closely with their peers. The opening session will be at 9:00 a.m. with Keynote Speaker Shalina Taylor, Ph.D., Stanford University Medical Researcher. She overcame many challenges to succeed in her career.
Workshops will include: Light in the Deep Sea, Strawberry CSI, Why is Ketchup So Hard to Pour?, The Art of Science, Nature Illustration, Building Mountains and Oceans - Plate Tectonics, How Astronomers Use Light to Study Astrophysical Objects, Exploring the World of Dental Health, Kelp Forest Challenge, All About the Planets, Ocean Currents, Corals on Acid, The Pulse of Elkhorn Slough, Turning Pennies into Malachite, Exploring Plankton, Water for Food - Yesterday's Witches are Today's Wizards.
Contact for the day is Tom Nelson (Lyceum Monterey) at 831-277-0168. For more information, go to http://www.expandingyourhorizons.org/conferences/EYHHartnell/.
Hartnell Community College District – Celebrating 95 years!
The Hartnell CCD serves over 16,000 students annually through its main campus in Salinas, the Alisal Campus in East Salinas, the King City Education Center, and various outreach learning centers throughout the Salinas Valley. Hartnell College, a Hispanic Serving Institution, provides workforce training, basic skills courses, and prepares students for transfer to four-year colleges and universities. Hartnell College is recognized for its innovative public and private partnerships that support world class STEM education, career technical education, fine and performing arts, humanities, and athletics. We are proud to be the winners of the Innovation Award for CSin3 – a Computer Science degree in three years. We are growing leaders through opportunity, engagement, and achievement. For more about Hartnell CCD, visit www.hartnell.edu.
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