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Conference to introduce sixth-grade girls to careers in science and math
ABINGDON — The Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center will host the third annual STEM Conference Tuesday for 700 sixth-grade girls and their teachers from the counties of Washington, Smyth and Russell and the city of Bristol.
The purpose of the STEM Conference is to introduce sixth-graders to careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through hands-on workshops led by female chemists, engineers, doctors, programmers and other professionals from 10 industries and four colleges.
Courses in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are the building blocks to high-paying, secure jobs in the future, so emphasis is placed on encouraging the students to enroll in these core classes while in middle and high school.
The STEM Conference is a partnership between the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Eastman Chemical Co., Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, CGI, Alpha Natural Resources and other regional firms, which will be joined by women from the engineering schools at Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia and other female faculty from Radford University and Emory & Henry College, including E&H President Rosalind Reichard. Reichard holds a doctorate in mathematics.
The mission of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center is to strengthen the regional economy of Southwest Virginia by providing higher education and professional development training of the current and future work force.
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Young girls do need to be incouraged to pursue courses in science and math. Unfortunately women lag behind in knowledge of those fields and it keeps several from landing good paying jobs enough to be independant.
In reality thou, it seems to me if a young woman or man for that matter wishes to remain in the area, the primary careers they should look into is medical or teaching. As those jobs are stable and in need in many cases. Althou I'm sure Eastman will keep hiring as long as they don't fall behind in this economic melt down, still we need more women doing science and math things.