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WISTEM History

2014AugustAwarded ADVANCE-Catalyst grant.
2013MayWISTEM Center Advisory Board meeting held at Nissan North America in Smyrna.
 MarchWISTEM Center hosted AWIS workshops: Improving Work-Life Satisfaction and The Importance of Mentoring Relationships.
 MarchFirst DigiGirls Day held in collaboration with Nissan North America and Microsoft.
 FebruaryGRITS Collaborative Project held its second Annual Conference titled Building STEM Capacity for Girls: Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) in the South. Keynote speakers included Heather Gibbons, CEO of the Expanding Your Horizons Network (EYHN) and Monika Whitfield, Program Manager for EYHN. Techbridge presented their program: Role Models Matter.
 JanuarySciGirls Connect presented two full days of professional development on using SciGirls curriculum, materials and SciGirls Seven research.
2012SeptemberThe 16th MTSU EYH was held at MTSU with approximately 450 middle and high school girls.
 FallFormed partnership with TN-SCORE to provide renewable energy outreach to Green Girls!
 MayWISTEM Advisory Board meeting at Tennessee College of Applied Technology Murfreesboro.
 JanuaryGRITS Collaborative Project renewed.
2011DecemberGRITS Collaborative Project invited to White House Champions of Change: Women and Girls in STEM. 
 NovemberGRITS Collaborative Project held its first Annual Conference titled Sisters in STEM. Keynote speakers were Nancy Holliday of the Microsoft Corporation who presented “The Adventures of a Technical Career” and Tanya Foreman of the Eastman Chemical Company who spoke on “Importance of Diversity in STEM.”
 MayWISTEM Center Advisory Board meeting held at MTSU.
2010MayWISTEM Center Advisory Board meeting held at MTSU.
2008OctoberEYH served approximately 289 middle school girls and 58 high school girls.
 SeptemberThe GRITS Collaborative Kick-off event was held with 74 representatives from across of the state in attendance.
2007OctoberEYH served 279 middle school girls and 47 high school girls.
 JuneGRITS received a sub-award ($32,500) from the NSF funded National Girls Collaborative Project to establish the GRITS Collaborative Project for Tennessee.
 JanuaryThe GRITS Collaborative Project site visit was held with over 80 representatives from Tennessee schools, organizations, and industry.
2007 January – 2008 OctoberApproximately 850 middle school girls participated in WISTEM after school activities. We also presented six lectures on STEM education and careers to 771 high school students, the majority female.

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