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The 30th annual San Jose State University Expanding Your Horizons™ Conference took place at SJSU on Saturday, March 8, 2008.
At the Expanding Your Horizons conference, you can:
Approximately 600 young women and 100 accompanying adults attended the 2008 conference. See the 2008 conference brochure (an Adobe Reader file) for descriptions of the 2008 conference and workshops. See this SJSU EYH site to get the 2008 student packet, the 2008 adult packet, and links to many other great resources. The student packet is filled with information and fun activities.
| How to Register |
When the 2009 conference brochure is posted here, it will contain registration instructions.
| Conference Day |
Parents, you can park free at the city garage on 4th Street at San Fernando, across the street from the library. See the map on the last page of the conference brochure. Please arrive no earlier than 8am, no later than 9am. Your girls will be finished with the conference at 3:30pm. Make sure you have agreed ahead of time on which side of Tower Hall you will meet them.
Girls, when you arrive at San Jose State University on conference day, go to Morris Dailey Auditorium in Tower Hall. Signs will be posted, and we have many volunteer guides to help you find your way around campus throughout the day.
When you first arrive at Tower Hall, stop at the tables in front of the tower. The tables are labeled with letters of the alphabet. Go to the table that is labeled with the first letter of your last name. Your schedule for the day is at that table in an envelope with your name on it. The envelope also contains a map of the campus, a conference evaluation form, and other materials.
Once you have your workshop schedule, go to the snack table and get a muffin and some juice:) You are beginning a busy, fun day!
The conference begins with an opening welcome and presentation. The rest of the day is devoted to workshops. Each workshop is a small class involving hands-on activities led by women who have careers in math, science or engineering. All workshops provide an opportunity for you to experiment in a specific area such as computer science or medicine. You will attend three workshops. We will provide lunch.
To attend this conference, you must be mature enough to follow instructions and directions provided by signs and guides on campus. Also, you must attend all the events scheduled for you, including lunch, and remain on the SJSU campus from 9 a.m. until the conference ends at 3:30 p.m.
| Goals of the Conference |
The annual conference is a great success at encouraging young women's interest in science and math.
The goals of the EYH conference are:
| Resources |
See this SJSU EYH site to get the 2008 student packet, the 2008 adult packet, and links to many other great resources. The student packet is filled with information and fun activities.
See this website list for links to cool science sites and other sites of interest to girls.
See this museums and parks list for museums and parks in the San Francisco Bay Area (an Adobe Reader file).
See From the Archives below for descriptions of previous conferences.
| Conference Workshops |
Each workshop is a small class or discussion involving hands-on activities led by women who have careers in math, science, or engineering. All workshops provide an opportunity for the girls to experiment in a specific area, such as computer science or medicine.
Workshop presenters give their workshop three times during the day, and each girl attends three different workshops. The girls who participate in these workshops are in grades 6-9.
The conference is an exciting day for everyone. You as a workshop leader or other volunteer can have a strong positive influence on the futures of many young women.
| Help With the Conference |
Each year we try to recruit some new people to get involved in the Expanding Your Horizons Conference at SJSU. Please contact us if you are interested or if you need any additional information:
Bem Cayco, 2008 Conference Coordinator
Department of Mathematics
San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0103
408-924-5091 (voice), 408-924-5190 (information), 408-924-5080 (FAX)
ExpandingYourHorizons@sjsu.eduCarolyn Reifsnyder, Workshop Coordinator
eyh@science.sjsu.edu
For more general information about the Expanding Your Horizons Network or EYH conferences at other sites, contact the Expanding Your Horizons Network.
| From the Archives |
Click the date to open the conference brochure (an Adobe Reader file) and read descriptions of the conference and workshops for that year.
March 8, 2008
Our keynote presentation for the 2008 conference was "Brainiacs," a lively and informative show performed by the Science Discovery Theatre
group of the Lawrence Hall of Science.
March 17, 2001
Lynda Williams, "The Physics Chanteuse"
and professor of Physics and Meteorology at San Francisco State University, gave a spectacular musical,
multi-media presentation at our 2001 opening session.
"NATURE is the most Entertaining Show in the Cosmos!"
March 18, 2000
March 13, 1999
Joyce R. Blueford, Ph.D., geologist and Board President of the
Math/Science Nucleus, gave the keynote address at our
1999 opening session: "Stalking Grizzlies in Russia".
The Math/Science Nucleus in Fremont is a math and science resource center for schools:
"Children learning to solve problems through science"
March 14, 1998
April 12, 1997
Dr. Karen L. Gundy-Burlet, Research Scientist in the Design Cycle Technologies Branch at
NASA-Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in Mountain View,
California gave the keynote address at our 1997 opening session.
Check out their Web Ground School and
Exploring Space websites by
clicking on Kids and Teachers, and be sure to visit their
Women of NASA website.
March 9, 1996
Popular web author Laura
Lemay gave the keynote address at our 1996 opening session.
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