Girl Scouts and Sigma Gamma Rho Create "Imagine Engineering" Initiative

Education Week's "Beyond School" blog reports that the Girl Scouts and national sorority Sigma Gamma Rho are partnering together in a STEM initiative for African-American girls known as "Imagine Engineering."  It is designed to inform girls about engineering careers, provide biographies of women in engineering, and give motivational tips for parents and educators.  The initiative is supported by the National Science Foundation.  Education Week - "Beyond School". 

White House Council on Women and Girls Hosts Panel on Females in STEM

Last week, the White House Council on Women and Girls hosted a panel discussion event in the Eisenhower Office Building which was attended by Girl Scouts, college students, mentors, teachers and parents.  Panelists included EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, astronaut Dr. Cady Coleman, Facebook Director of Engineering Jocelyn Goldfein, Edmonds Community College President Jean Hernandez, and Howard University Chapter President of Engineers Without Borders Bianca Bailey.  The panelists encouraged the young ladies attending not only to cultivate mentors and extra-curricular activities such as internships to gain experience, but also to stick with math and science studies, consider post-secondary certificate programs if four-year colleges were not their first choice, and to be themselves.  Videos about girls who were successful in the White House Science Fair were released. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/more-than-cheers-girls-in-stem-fields-need-mentors-and-sponsors/2012/04/25/gIQAnvn0gT_blog.html