[Peyton-observing] Fwd: Invitation to host a Lab Tour @ the 2014 Young Women's Conference

[Elisa Chisari]

Dear all,
Chelsea and I did this last year and it was a great experience. The 
students are very motivated and ask a lot of questions. They come in 
during the day, so we just gave them a mini-talk and showed them the 
telescope. Please let me know if anyone is interested in participating 
next March!
Thanks,
Elisa


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Subject: 	Invitation to host a Lab Tour @ the 2014 Young Women's Conference
Date: 	Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:53:55 -0500
From: 	Deedee Ortiz <dortiz at pppl.gov>
To: 	undisclosed-recipients:;



Dear Lab Tour Host,

We would like to cordially invite you to participate in our annual Young 
Women's Conference on Friday, March 21, 2014 from 9AM until 2PM on 
Princeton University’s main campus. The Young Women's Conference aims to 
both expose young women to the wide variety of scientific occupations 
available to them and encourage them to pursue the education and careers 
in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. We do this through 
interactive exhibits and presentations given by female scientists!

Registration begins at 8:00 AM. The conference lasts from 9AM until 2PM.

Our conference goals include:

• Increasing young women’s interest in science, technology, mathematics 
and engineering

• Providing students an opportunity to meet women working in traditional 
and non-traditional fields

• Fostering an awareness of the variety of career opportunities 
available to women

We have an exciting and informative day planned. The students will have 
an opportunity to meet female scientists and have informal discussions 
about their scientific career paths. We anticipate 375 young women from 
grades 7 through 10. Participants will come from schools throughout New 
Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. For more information, visit the YWC’s 
webpage at _http://www.pppl.gov/www.pppl.gov-YWC_

As  a tour host, we would like to ask you or someone in your lab (such 
as a grad student or post-doc) to host small groups of young women in 
your laboratory or place of work from 9:00 AM until 11:45 AM (groups of 
about 25 young women and chaperones).  You could discuss your career as 
a scientist or engineer, your interest in science, and the type of 
science that you do as you lead the students through a tour of your 
facility.  Each tour should last a maximum of 20 minutes.  After the 
final session, you are invited to eat lunch in an informal setting with 
the last group of young women in the Jadwin Gym lobby area.  Volunteers 
will escort the groups to and from the Frick Chemistry Building 
throughout the morning, so you can remain in your laboratory!

We believe that you will make an excellent addition to the program. 
Please reply by *January 10, 2014 *at dortiz at pppl.gov 
<mailto:dortiz at pppl.gov> or call me at 609-243-2785 <tel:609-243-2785> 
(or on my cell at 347-325-4444 <tel:347-325-4444>) to accept this 
invitation. I look forward to hearing from you, please do not hesitate 
to contact me with any questions or concerns!

Happy holidays!!

Sincerely yours,

Deedee Ortiz, 2014 YWC Director

Science Education Program Administrator

Web: _http://www.pppl.gov/education/science-education_
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