Kim Insana, weekday morning and noon meteorologist for Cheyenne's KGWN-TV, will speak to more than 400 junior and senior high school students at the annual Women in Science Conference Tuesday, May 10, at the University of Wyoming.
The Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium sponsors the event. Participants will engage in a variety of workshops and tours of laboratory and research facilities throughout the day.
Conference goals are to spark students' passion in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields as well as provide mentors and role models to these young people. Volunteers from UW and local businesses will present workshops, give tours of laboratory and research facilities and discuss a variety of science- and technology-related topics.
"The two students I brought to UW underwent a transformative experience. Not only were they amazed and stimulated by the variety of workshops and talks, they also began to visualize the possibility of attending a ‘large' four-year college to pursue interests in science and technology fields," says Frank Symington, a former teacher at Arapaho Charter High School. "It had unique value for those young women."
For more information and details about the conference please refer to the website at: http://wyomingspacegrant.uwyo.edu/.
Students from the following Wyoming communities have registered to attend the conference:
Buffalo -- Clear Creek Middle School
Casper -- Centennial Junior High
Cheyenne -- Johnson Junior High, Cheyenne East High School, Cheyenne South High School
Douglas -- Douglas Middle School, Douglas High School
Glenrock -- Glenrock High School
Green River -- Green River High School
Laramie -- Laramie Junior High School, Laramie Senior High School, University of Wyoming Lab School
Rawlins -- Cooperative High School
Shoshoni -- Shoshoni High School
Torrington -- Torrington High School
Wheatland -- Wheatland High School
Worland -- Worland High School