| STEM Liaison & $tart $mart Coordinator: Linda O’Hara
Contact via “Contact Leader” on the News & Links page For many years, AAUW has been concerned with the education of girls and young women. Association reports have shown that relative to males fewer females are in the “pipeline” studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). A current focus of the AAUW is to encourage girls and young women to learn more about STEM fields, and to help encourage greater female participation in these important fields of study. The STEM special committee is compiling a list of Oregon STEM enrichment programs for girls and young women. Some of these programs are conducted by AAUW branches, denoted with (*), while others are independent. The following is a preliminary list of programs including website links, locations, and program type. If you know of a STEM related program that should be listed here, please send a message to: dellostm@wou.edu For further information about regional STEM Programs visit the Northwest Girls Collaborative Project website: http://www.ngcproject.org/northwest/index.html |
| Please click the link below to PRINT the Oregon Programs chart that you see below: STEM-Oregon (.doc) |
| STEM Program Name | Location | Program type |
| *Ashland AAUW—STEM Committee | Ashland | Empower Lunch for selected high school freshman and sophomore girls and science club for middle school girls |
| AWSME: Advocates for Women in Science Engineering and Math | Greater Portland Area/Corvallis | Classes, workshops for 4th-12th graders |
| AWSME: Symposium for Middle School Girls | Ashland | Workshops in science, engineering, and math for middle school girls |
| Camp TECH | Portland Area | Technology classes/camps for middle school students |
| Da Vinci Girls: Science, Math, & Technology for Girls | Salem, YWCA | After school program for girls in 3rd-5th grades |
| Engineering Education Service Center | Eugene | Assistance for technology, engineering, and math programs for girls K-16 |
| *Expanding Your Horizons | Salem | Science and math workshops for middle school girls |
| First Lego League Oregon | Portland | Building and programming robots: for girls 9-14 |
| *Hillsboro/Forest Grove HS Girls in STEM | Hillsboro | Recognizes local high school junior girls who are excelling in the area of STEM. |
| *Mother and Daughter Science Club | Bend | Science and math programs for 4th and 5th grade girls and their mothers |
| Non Traditional Careers Program | Albany | Assistance, support, and resources for students in non-traditional career programs at Linn-Benton Comm. College |
| OIT: Pre-college Programs | Klamath Falls | Programs for elementary through high school students targeting STEM |
| PAVTEC Education Consortium | Portland Area | Annual Math, Science and Technology Conference for middle school girls. |
| Saturday Explorations | Salem | Lab-based classes in math and science for students in 5-8th grades |
| *7th & 8th Grade Girls Science Camp | Portland | A summer science camp for junior high school girls in the West Portland area |
| The Smile Program (Science & Math Investigative Learning Experiences) | Corvallis, OSU | Afterschool academic enrichment, college readiness program for students in grades 4-12. |
| Trades Offer Girls Options (TOGO) | Portland | Hands-on workshops led by tradeswomen for young women; provides technical assistance to educators. |
| TWIST: Teen Women in Science and Technology | Klamath Falls, OIT | Residential career exploration program for teen girls who will enter grades 9-12 |
| Willamette Science Outreach Program | Salem, Willamette U | Willamette female science students prepare and facilitate hands-on science experiments to 5th grade students. |