Annual Conference
Friday September 23rd and Saturday September 24th, 2011
Location: Winchester Thurston School
North Hills Campus
Allison Park, PA
Agenda
Friday September 23rd, 2011
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Registration/Networking with conference attendees, NGCP and
AAUW representatives
Saturday September 24th, 2011
8:00 am – 9:00 am: Registration/Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:10 am: Introduction to Conference
9:10 am – 9:30 am: Introduction to National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP)
9:30 am – 10:00 am: Keynote Speaker: Ana Kay Yaghoubian, Program Associate
for the NGCP at the national office of the American
Association of University Women (AAUW), Washington, D.C.
10:00 am – 10:15 am: Speed Networking Session
10:30 am – 11:30 pm: Breakout Session 1
 Evaluation presented by Dr. Katherine Weber, Gender
Equity Specialist and Independent Education Consultant
 STEM Classroom Activities presented by Heather
Simpson, CADD/Pre-Engineering Instructor at Lenape
Technical School, Ford City, PA
 Successful Collaboration and Partnerships presented
by Amy Foster, NGCP National Program Manager
11:30 pm – 12:00 pm: PA Girl Serving Organization Showcase
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm – 1:50 pm: Breakout Session 2
 Panel: Successful Females In STEM Best Practice
Projects presented by Dr. Lisa Kovalchick, Associate
Professor, Mathematics, Computer Science and
Information Systems Department, California University of
Pennsylvania, Heather Simpson, CADD/Pre-Engineering
Technology Instructor, Lenape Technical School, Dr. Aarti
1:50 pm – 2:50 pm:
2:50 pm – 4:00 pm:
Singh, Assistant Professor, Machine Learning
Department, Carnegie Mellon University and Stephanie
Thompson, Industrial Engineer, EMD, a business unit of
Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Company
 “Why So Few?” presented by Colleen Smith, Outreach
Coordinator at the Pennsylvania State University ElectroOptics Center
 Recruiting and Retaining Females in STEM presented
by Joyce Holzhauser, Nontraditional Educational
Consultant
Past Mini-grant Project Presentations
Mini-Grant Informational Session presented by Dot McLane,
AAUW Regional Liaison
Closing Remarks and Evaluation
For detailed information and registration, visit:
http://www.ngcproject.org/events/events.cfm