Jill Biden, the First Lady, is going to be hosting an international women of courage award ceremony that will take place at the White House on March 8th, the same day as International Women’s Day. The event will be hosted by both First Lady Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken for the […]
On Tuesday, February 28th, at the Great Hall in Midland,Michigan roughly 150 girls signed up to attend the Build Like a Girl event, hosted by the Associated Builders and Contractors Greater Michigan chapter to empower themselves to enter the construction field. The event was aimed at girls in grades 5-12. ABC Director of Marketing and […]
Rocket League is celebrating Women’s History Month with free in game items. Each item was designed by one of the women that works for Psyonix. Psyonix is also supporting two special rocket league tournaments including the WIRL $10k Cup March 11-12th, and the Ally Women’s Open march 25-26th. The free content starts on March 8th […]
The Elon University’s Women’s Lacrosse team recently got a unique warmup for their game through helping push their team bus on February 22nd. In a video recorded by Assistant Women’s Lacrosse Coach at Elon University Taylor Caskey, showed members of the team pushing together on a large grey bus that was stuck in the mud. […]
Ruby Arun, is only 15 years old and a sophomore at William Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois. Arun has a passion of empowering girls to be tomorrow’s leaders in STEM through her organization, Mission: MathMinds, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It also started when Arun was young and competing in math competitions, and placed top […]
Girl Scouts around the Chippewa Valley area in Wisconsin, recently spent a day learning in depth about science. The Women and Gender Minorities in STEM club at UW-Eau Claire partnered with The Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great lakes to hold the Science Trekkers event. Attendees were able to experiment with liquid nitrogen, visit the […]
In fifth grade, Samari Wilson enrolled in a club that Girls Inc. of Alameda County was offering to girls that wished to explore the ecosystem. Over that summer, she had many experiences through field trips to help her learn about the ecosystem. She continued to participate in the organization’s programming as she grew up, and […]
In South Carolina, Oakbrook Middle Media Specialist, Rebecca Webb and Technology coach Katie Edmunds are focused on bringing the underrepresented group into the world of tech and STEM careers. Webb said that she took notice of how many female students wanted to learn about science, technology, and engineering. As a result, Webb and Edmunds started […]
At the University of Arkansas members of the College of Engineering’s IEEE Women in Engineering student organization recently invited dozens and dozens of Girl Scouts to campus in order to introduce them to STEM, especially electrical engineering. The girls had many opportunities to learn such as a hands on activity where group members showed around […]
A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed that teen’s mental health in America is struggling. The report titled, The Youth Risk Behavior Survey, polled over 17,000 U.S. high school students and asked them questions about their own mental health and happiness. The results showed that 57 percent of girls felt […]