/news-archive/tag/quest/ UA 糖心视频logo Thu, 12 Apr 2018 20:45:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/04/12/girls-stem/ Thu, 12 Apr 2018 20:45:12 +0000 /news/?p=70157 ... UA 糖心视频logo STEM Education Center to host girls鈥� STEM conference]]> The half-day event brings together seventh- and eighth-grade girls for STEM sessions and a panel discussion led by women working in STEM fields. Participating schools include Pulaski Academy, Quest, eStem, and Mabelvale Middle School. The conference is the second such conference hosted this year at UA 糖心视频logo. The first conference on March 27 served about 100 students from North 糖心视频logo Middle School. A third conference will be held later this year. 鈥淲e鈥檙e here to promote STEM education at the university and within the school districts closest to us,鈥� said Kent Layton, interim director of STEM Education Center. The conferences aim to educate girls about career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Last year, the center served 400 girls.]]>