VillageSoup reports on Expanding Your Horizons STEM conference for girls
VillageSoup reported a group of seventh-grade students from Oceanside Middle School in Rockland joined more than 450 middle school girls from around the state at the annual University of Maine conference that aims to provide a safe and encouraging environment to explore science, technology, engineering and math. The 30th Expanding Your Horizons conference took place on the UMaine campus and featured workshops for students and teachers from 25 participating schools, according to the article. Throughout the day, participants were guided by UMaine students and staff through three workshops around campus; two were STEM-related and one focused on gender equity and confidence-building. Students also had the opportunity to meet and hear stories from successful women working in science and math fields throughout the state, VillageSoup reported.