Reminder of St. Thomas University SWE Tour April 5th 9 to Noon & Sweet Science Tasting Date April 17th 5 to 8 p.m.

[Davies]

Hello again.

Just a reminder that I need to hear from our female students if they are in fact interested in going to St. Thomas University to meet with their SWE group.  Not only are they offering us hands on activities, lunch and tour of their facilities, they are also entertaining the idea of incorporating our students into their summer camps.  This would look fabulous on your college applications, be great experience, and we've been told that St. Thomas has paying counselor jobs for some of their camps, so could lead to a paying STEM job.  Not bad!

Also, I have a date for the April Sweet Science Tasting.  Free ice cream, ladies!  Please see my email from last week BELOW for more details about what's coming up.

I've only heard back from one student so would really love to hear from more. Parents, please tell your students to check their email.

Thanks much,

Candace

Details:

Good evening.

We have some exciting opportunities available to female robotics students in the coming months.  Hope many of you will strongly consider participating, as we could sure use your help.

1.  Saturday, April 5th 9 a.m. to Noon:  The University of St. Thomas Society of Women in Engineering (SWE) has invited our Eagan Robotics female students to attend a presentation about mechanical and electrical engineering on campus.  This also includes lunch.  Anyone who is interested should let me know preferably by this Friday, March 21st so I can get back to them.

2.  Sweet Science Tasting-Thursday, April 17th 5 to 8 p.m.:  We can go to Verdant Tea at  2111 E. Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404

Verdant Tea Web Site and meet with owner Ashlee Olds to learn more about her UMN degree in Food Science and how she opened her own business.  The ice cream alone is worth it!  Anyone interested should email back by April 11th.

3.  Friday, May 9th Glacier Hills Family Science Night:  Glacier Hills Elementary in Eagan has a Family Science Night and we'd love to have Eagan Robotics do an FLL/FTC and possibly FRC demo as an exhibitor.  Would love to have female strongly represented.  Anyone who is interested, please let me know by April 11th.  

4.  Guthrie Behind the Scenes Tour-Date TBD:  We have an opportunity to go behind the scenes of the Guthrie Theater to learn about the engineering of set design and other STEM related aspects of theater.  We need to see what date is convenient for most students.  Please choose between:

Saturday, May 10th

Saturday, July 12th 

Saturday, July 26th

5.  Presentation to Black Hawk and Dakota Hills Middle Schools-Date TBD:  The 8th grade Science Teachers are eager to have our students do presentations for their students.  We'd like to do that before the end of the year.  A presentation at Black Hawk would be from 11 to 11:30.  A presentation to Dakota would be between 1:25 and 2:01. Please indicate if you would be willing to do a presentation  and your preferred day of the week.  

6.  WIRED-TEC:  Building playgrounds?  Being a Nuclear Engineer?  Designing wind turbines?  Any of that sound interesting?  At the Feb. 25th STEM Fair, dozens of female professionals agreed to either come to Eagan High School to present about their professions or they have offered to have our female students go to their workplace.  Because there are SO many professionals willing to work with us, I think we need a new program under "WIRED" called "WIRED-TEC" or "Women In Robotics Empowering Daughters To Explore Careers."  I'd like to propose that we set up a number of dates over the course of the next year for opportunities like this.  Summer is a busy time but could also allow us more time to do visits like this.  Please indicate if you have an interest in seeing opportunities like this.  Offer suggestions for dates/times that work best for you.

Thanks much, everyone.  

Candace Lindow-Davies for

WIRED