Careers of Women in Science: Issues of Power and Control (Conference, May 2001)

High School Conference

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The Conference for High School Girls

• Two rooms of staffed information tables with information about scientific and engineering fields, careers and workplaces; community colleges, four year college and graduate programs in science and engineering; information about financial aid, school outreach programs, and organizations which promote girls in science and engineering

• Panels of undergraduate women in various scientific and engineering fields who speaking about their transition to college, graduate women about their transition to graduate school.

• Nifty science demonstrations

• Hourly guided tours of the world wide web to learn how to use the web to find a mentor, a job, a college; information about scientific careers and how to prepare for them; support groups; where to locate colleges, find money, internships, cooperative programs.

• Talks by women scientists about their lives and careers with plenty of question time

• Free lunches with the opportunity to talk to all the women scientists there

• Presentations about aspects of life as a working woman or woman scientist of color

All of this runs parallel to the scholarly conference, so there is a wide choice of activity.

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST BE REGISTERED IN ADVANCE TO ATTEND.
Registration Forms are available on the website and from the CSHE Office at (510) 642-5040.

The conference takes place on the Clark Kerr Campus of UC Berkeley and runs from 9AM to 5PM both Saturday and Sunday.