Girls Only (GO) STEM! Summer Camp

Registration begins Tuesday, April 2, 2013

**Application and teacher recommendation form must be received by Friday May 10, 2013.**

The Girls Only (GO) STEM! Program focuses on helping high school girls overcome barriers and stereotypes faced while preparing for, and pursuing, STEM-related careers through a five-day summer camp experience.  GO STEM! also involves female college students in the STEM disciplines by allowing them to work with and mentor these high school students.  This summer experience will focus on the application of the STEM disciplines at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana by using the amusement park as a laboratory for experiments and activities in chemistry and nutrition, mathematics, biology, and engineering/applied physics.

Location:  University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana & Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, Santa Claus, Indiana

Date:  June 2-6, 2013

Eligibility:  Open to girls entering the 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade in the Fall 2013.

Fee:  $125/participant, includes lodging, meals, and park admission. Fee is due upon acceptance into the program. Damages to university and/or the property of Holiday World & Splashin' Safari will be the sole financial responsibility of the parent(s)/guardian(s) of the liable participant.

Deadline to Apply:  Friday, May 10, 2013

Notices of acceptance will be sent by May 14, 2013. 

 

Contact:

Allison Grabert
Program Director
University of Southern Indiana
Phone: 812/228-5019
E-mail:  afgrabert@usi.edu