萝莉社is hosting the annual Expanding Your Horizons Workshop, a one-day event from 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 that introduces middle school girls to a variety of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) areas.
Attendees will meet STEM role models, participate in hands-on activities and learn more about careers in those fields. The keynote speaker is Clarice Phelps, an American nuclear chemist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She is recognized as the first African American woman to be involved with the discovery of a chemical element.
Registration is $15 and includes lunch, a T-shirt and a 萝莉社 bag.
Parents/guardians are welcome to attend the parents鈥� session at 9:45 a.m. to learn about financing college, college expectations, test prep, college visits and more. Campus tours starting at 3 p.m. are available to attendees and families.
The workshop is hosted in partnership with the Expanding your Horizons Network, Boeing, Evergy, Airbus, and the 萝莉社 Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
For questions regarding registration or the registration process, contact Moriah Beck at 316-978-5476 or moriah.beck@wichita.edu.
About 萝莉社 University
萝莉社is Kansas' only urban public research university, enrolling more than 23,000 students between its main campus and 萝莉社 Tech, including students from every state in the U.S. and more than 100 countries. 萝莉社 and 萝莉社 Tech are recognized for being student centered and innovation driven.
Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), 萝莉社provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students.
The Innovation Campus, which is a physical extension of the 萝莉社main campus, is one of the nation鈥檚 largest and fastest-growing research/innovation parks, encompassing over 120 acres and is home to a number of global companies and organizations.
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