Events, Fall 2007

UPCOMING EVENTS:

We just finished our biggest event of the year, Women in Science Day 2007, and will be planning new events for the spring very soon...

PAST EVENTS:
The St Louis Chapter of the Association for Women in Science invites you to the

Secrets of Her Success - Panel and Discussion


Download Flyer here.

When: Tuesday September 11, 2007 at 7 - 8:30 PM

Schedule:
7:00-7:15 - Reception and Introductions
Focusing on Questions such as:
• How did she get to her current position?
• What helped her get there?
• What were key experiences to find her path?
• How does she balance family and career?
• How has mentoring and mentorship contributed to her success?

7:15-8:30 = Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
PANELISTS:
• Barbara Schaal, Professor of Biology, Wash U
• Cynthia M. Dupureur, Assoc. Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, UMSL
• Shelley D. Minteer, Professor of Chemistry, SLU
• Cheryl Asa, Director of Research, St. Louis Zoo & Professor, SLU
• Deborah Heuvelman, Senior Scientist, Pfizer
• Sue Kastigar, Senior Design Engineer, Bausch&Lomb


Location: The panel discussion will be held at the Knight's Room of SLU - Saint Louis Univeristy.
Getting there: Those interested in carpooling can contact us for arrangments.
Parking: available in the Laclede garage (~5 minute walk to the library directly down Grand)
RSVP: awisevents@yahoo.com – send us an e-mail so we know how many to plan for,
- Also: Please include any questions you have already so that our panelists may be better prepared to answer them, and a request for carpool information if you are interested in that as well.



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Held November 7th, 2006 and November 7th, 2007


The Young Scientist Program (YSP) and Association of Women in Science (AWIS - St. Louis) at Washington University in St. Louis hosted Women in Science Day on November 7, 2006. Women in Science Day was an exciting one day workshop event that brought approximately 100 young women plus teachers from six St. Louis City Public High Schools to Washington University (Danforth and Medical School campuses) for hands on activities, speakers, tours of facilities, and a career panel.

Some of the many activities included:
- See the Brain from the Inside-Out – Neuroimaging Lab Tour
- Home-brewed DNA – DNA Extraction
- Get Physical! – Physics, Electrify your Gel - Chemical Engineering
- Move Like a Primate – Anthropology
- Meteorites and MER (Mars Exploration Rover) science
- Minerals and Crystals Growth
- Mars Rovers
- Paleontology and Sedimentology

The Women in Science Day event combined the missions of the YSP and AWIS organizations to specifically extend science outreach to young women in the St. Louis public schools.

This was a succesful and fun event!! We hope to have a second one next fall. For more information please see our full report.

Financial Literacy for Scientists and Engineers
(AKA: You're so smart. Why aren't you rich?)
Lead by Stephen J. Congdon, CLU of Sandusky, Ohio


Held Sunday, April 22nd 2007 in the Student Government Chambers of the Millenium Student Center at the University of Missouri-St Louis campus
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The St Louis Chapter of the Association for Women in Science invites you to the

AWIS-Informational session at Pfizer:

When: Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Title: “The Association for Women in Science: A Network, A Resource, A Voice”
Presented by: Julie Dyall, AWIS-President and Industry Outreach Lead

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Our chapter also hosts an annual summer Barbeque at Tower Grove Park.
Last years flyer can be found here.

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OTHER ITEMS OF NOTE:

To be updated soon...

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
Science Center Lunch & Learn progam is looking for scientists to give informal talks during lunchtime. These talks can be about anything scientific (e.g., your research, your hobbies, your extracurricular interests). See current calendar at http://www.slsc.org/default.asp?V_DOC_ID=951. AWIS-St. Louis is considering sponsoring one speaker per month - could we sponsor you?

Consider getting involved with the Midwest Urban Girls Collaborative Project. We are kickstarting a number of community outreach projects and this is just the first!

Please email steer-awis-stl@yahoogroups.com if you have questions about any of these opportunities or want to know of other ways to be involved. Additional suggestions and steering committee members are always welcome!


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AWIS, and AWIS events, is open to all women and men of the St. Louis scientific community concerned with promoting a positive environment for women in the larger scientific community, at all levels of scientific training, in all manners of scientific pursuit. To get involved in AWIS-STL and help with getting our events off the ground, contact Genevieve Croft, AWIS-STL Co-Secrerary at Croft@wustl.edu. We look forward to meeting you.

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