SPRINGFIELD – “Expanding Your Horizons in Math, Science, and Technology” — a hands-on conference designed specially for girls in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades — will be held from 8:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Saturday, March 18, in the Public Affairs Center at the University of Illinois at Springfield. The conference is presented by the American Association of University Women, Springfield Branch, and is sponsored by UIS and The Children’s Center, Memorial Health System.

Many cutting-edge careers of the future will involve science, math, and technology and will be wide open to young women who are well-prepared. Participants at this conference will choose three sessions from more than 25 interactive workshops on topics ranging from webpage design to engineering, veterinary medicine, speech pathology, firefighting, television production, entomology, and forensic science. Each workshop will be led by a successful professional who will share information on what her job involves, how she became interested in the field, and what education and skills are required.

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