The University of Wisconsin will host the annual Expanding Your Horizons conference geared toward sparking young women’s interests within science fields in an effort to decrease the gap between women and men within these fields Saturday.

The annual conference invites young women from middle schools throughout south central Wisconsin to participate in a daylong conference involving career workshops and hands-on competitions. Started in 1959, this year marks EYH’s 50th anniversary at UW and will include a special guest speaker, Amy Vedder, a senior vice president for the Wilderness Society in Washington, DC, who received her Ph.D. at UW.

Throughout the day, the focus of the conference will be on engaging and educating young women about the importance of careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics as successful careers.

Read complete article here: http://badgerherald.com/news/2009/11/06/expanding_your_horiz.php

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