I will be leaving for UNL at noon with four students who will be participating in the Women in Science Conference. The students are all sophomores- Taylor Dollison, Makala Muller, Kiarra Hilsinger, and Jasmine Greenfield. The students were selected on the basis of class rank and PLAN test scores and its interest inventory.
The students will take a tour of the UNL city campus Friday afternoon and have dinner with women college professors Friday evening. On Saturday morning there will be workshops involving science careers at UNL followed by a tour of the science labs at the Beadle Center and a tour of St. Elizabeth Hospital.
The purpose of the conference is to attract women to study science at UNL, targeting students who are interested in science, but may not have decided where they will be going or what they will study.
