The combination of Dr. Leslie Wisner-Lynch as keynote speaker, the support of Smyrna-based Schneider Electric and the first-time presence of the Jennings A. Jones College of Business will make the 13th annual Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science even more special for girls and young women attending.

Wisner-Lynch will be the keynote speaker for EYH, which will be held from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, across the MTSU campus. EYH is for girls in grades five through eight with up to 300 participating, and GRITS EYH will see up to 60 high-school girls in grades nine through12 participate.

Wisner-Lynch is a founding member and serves as executive director for BioTN Foundation Inc., a nonprofit foundation whose mission is to advance science and technology in Tennessee through the collaboration of industry, PK12 education and higher ed.

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Every year, MSUM participates with NDSU in the Expanding Your Horizons Conference for 7th-9th grade girls. This year’s conference is on Saturday, April 10th, 2010, and we are looking for volunteers to present workshops for this wonderful cause! Would you be willing to donate your time to provide workshop participants with an interactive, hands-on look at a career in your field? Even if your career doesn’t directly involve math and science, you probably needed those courses to pursue your own career path.

Think about what you do in your classroom. Is there an activity you could modify into a hands-on session that could be done by a group of very enthusiastic 7th-9th grade girls? Please consider volunteering, if even for only a few hours, for this conference. There are both morning and afternoon sessions, but you do not need to volunteer for the entire day. Over 600 girls are expected to attend, and we need your support so we don’t have to turn anyone away.

Read complete article here: http://news.mnstate.edu/2009/10/presenters-needed-for-expanding-your-horizons-conference/