UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha hosts its 11th Annual GEMS Conference

UWM at Waukesha invites you to join us for our 11th annual Girls’ in Engineering, Math and Science (GEMS) conference on Saturday May 4th, 2019!

We are excited to offer our annual GEMS program which brings middle school girls and their parents, teachers, community leaders, and successful professional women together in an effort to boost knowledge and interest in various areas of math, science, and engineering.

Our unique program allows girls ages 11 to 14 to choose five, hands-on workshops taught by successful professionals in those fields to establish connections and friendships with like-minded girls of the same age group. Early registration is encouraged as workshops fill up quickly!

Workshops include:

• A Look Inside the Bovine Hide
• Trauma Nurse 101
• Fancy Feet: Shoe Design Engineering
• Water Wonderful World
• What’s Behind Those Criminal Minds?
• Environmental Engineering 101
• A Peek into Python Programming!
• And more!!

Meet our 2019 Keynote Speaker, Andrea Bequest!

Andrea Bequest is a physician assistant working in internal medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital. She graduated from Carroll University with a biology and biochemistry degree in 2009 and went on to complete Physician Assistant School at Marquette University in 2012. She has been working as a PA for 6 years. Prior to working at Froedtert Hospital, she worked in an outpatient internal medicine clinic and at Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital. Her passion is education of future physician assistants and she precepts several PA students from area programs around Wisconsin each year. She is a member of American Association of University Women, advocating for women’s education, especially in STEM fields.

For more information and to register visit our website!

Web site: www.waukesha.uwc.edu/continuing-ed/courses/youth/gems