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Graduating Club Members Get Ready For College
This year Science Club for Girls will see four Peer
Leaders graduate from Cambridge Rindge and Latin
High School, and spend one last summer in Cambridge
before they head off to college. These seniors
(pictured above from left to right) — Jessica,
Tasheka, Gabby, and Ashlee — have been significant
leaders in the Club, participating with the Media
Team, the Rocket Team, and speaking at special
events. The Club is proud of the achievements of
these ladies and thanks them for all of their hard
work and dedication. We wish you well next year!
Jessica - Hood College, Frederick,
MD
Tasheka - Smith College,
Northampton, MA
Gabby - Spelman
College, Atlanta, GA
Ashlee - Green
Mountain College, Poultney,
VT
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Thank You to our Generous Sponsors
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Greetings!
What an exhilarating semester we have had at
Science Club for Girls! This spring has been filled with
exciting program growth and organizational changes.
We served 445 girls and young women during our
2005-2006 fiscal year, more young people than ever
before! We also welcome Connie Chow as our first
ever Executive Director, a staff expansion that will
surely help Science Clubs achieve its strategic vision.
In this issue you will find out more about Dr. Chow,
some of the wonderful volunteers that make our
program successful, and the community field trips
that our Junior Assistants benefited from. As always,
this newsletter is written by our Junior Assistants.
Enjoy!
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| Science Club Welcomes First Executive Director |
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Science Club for Girls is proud to announce that
Connie Chow, Ph.D., Harvard University, has
accepted the position of Executive Director. Dr.
Chow was an assistant professor of Biology at
Simmons College. She was also the co-principal
investigator of “Technology at the Crossroads”, a
joint project between Simmons College and Girls Get
Connected Collaborative funded by National Science
Foundation. Additionally, Dr. Chow is the co-founder
and co-director of Massachusetts CEDAW Project,
and is on the Board of Directors of two non-profits,
Survivors, Inc. and KindredColors. This valuable
addition will help the organization boost its visibility,
strengthen community and regional support, and
advance the mission of providing girls with hands-on
science education and leadership opportunities.
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Read the full interview here... |
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| Volunteers Share Their Strengths |
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Each semester, dedicated and caring volunteers
contribute hundreds of hours to our programs. They
bring energy, spirit, and devotion to the Clubs and
serve as inspiring mentors to the girls and young
women that we serve. We have highlighted some of
these very special folks from this spring.
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Read more about our volunteers... |
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| Club Members Help Clean Up the Charles River |
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On Saturday April 29, 2006, the Science Club for Girls
teamed up with Genzyme to clean up the Charles
River. Eleven girls met at the King/Amigos School and
were transported to the Charles River by PlanetTran,
an eco-friendly transportation company. At the river
site, we met up with a bunch of other Genzyme
personnel. Our goal was to pick up trash and debris
on the banks of the river along Soldiers Field Road.
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Read about the cleanup... |
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| Media Team visits the MIT Space Systems Laboratory |
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The Science Club for Girls Media Team toured the
MIT Space Systems Laboratory during the spring
semester. The Space Systems Lab works on
research projects to help with future space
explorations. On our trip we were introduced to
faculty members and MIT and Harvard students. One
student talked to us about his experiment regarding
plasma, something we had not learned about before.
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Read about more experiments... |
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