EYH Coastal Georgia

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EYH Coastal Georgia

Date: January 23, 2010 Time: 8:30 am AM Place: College of Coastal Georgia Altama Ave Brunswick, GA 31522

About the conference Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) is a conference for girls in middle school. This day-long event will include hands-on activities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). At the conference, girls will get a chance to meet STEM role models and learn more about careers in those fields. Our ultimate goal is to motivate girls to become innovative and creative thinkers ready to meet 21st Century challenges. Find out more about the National Expanding Your Horizons Organization by going to the National EYH Website and watch a video of girls enjoying an EYH event.

Conference location

College of Coastal Georgia Altama Ave Brunswick, GA 31522

Sample student workshops

Time	Title	Leader
10:00 am	Marsh Madness	Jan Mackinnon
10:00 am	Underwater Problem Solving	Cathy Sakas
10:00 am	Bubbly Bakers	Mark Pilgrim, Ph.D
10:00 am	Flying Helicopters!	Angie Griffin
10:00 am	Looking Into Radiologic Science	Bonnie M. Tobias
10:00 am	Turtle Doctors?	Alicia Marin
10:00 am	Cancer Case Study	Diane L. Denton

Sample adult workshops

Time	Title	Leader
10:00 am	Adult Discussion Panel	Candice Mason

Keynote speaker

Susan Shipman, Former Director of the Coastal Resources Division of the Department of Natural Resources

As Division Director Ms. Shipman directed Georgia’s Coastal Management Program, habitat protection, and permitting as well as marine fisheries management. She served as Chief of Marine Fisheries from 1984 to 2002, when she became Division Director. Mrs. Shipman was Georgia’s Administrative Commissioner to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) for 14 years, and represented the state on the federal South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council for two decades.