GAN News
Girls Action Network Salutes 2017 GAN Scholars
New York, NY – Girls Action Network, Inc. is pleased to announce and salute its 2017 GAN Scholars as new cohorts to the GAN Summer Scholastic Enrichment Program (SSEP): Kelcie Schliefer (Jamaica, New York), Ava Patino (New York, New York) and Jamiah Tolbert (Macon, Georgia). The scholarship funding for the 2017 GAN Scholars was made
Call for Applicants: 2017 Wesleyan Spectacles Math & Science Camp for Girls
As part of the GAN Summer Scholarship Enrichment Program (SSEP), the Wesleyan Spectacles Math & Science Camp for Girls, an academic program of the Duke University Talent Identification Program, provides opportunities to deserving rising seventh, eighth, and ninth grade girls from underserved communities, allowing them to experience engineering, mathematics, computers, science and learning through comprehensive,
Call for Applicants: 2017 GAN Summer Scholarship Enrichment Program (SSEP) – Smith Science and Engineering Summer Program
As part of the GAN Summer Scholarship Enrichment Program (SSEP), the Smith Science and Engineering Summer program provides opportunities to deserving young women from underserved communities, allowing them to experience engineering, mathematics, computers, science and learning through a comprehensive, one-month summer program located at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. PROGRAM DATES: July 9 – August
The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) publishes 2017 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering report #STEM
The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) announced the release of the 2017 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering (WMPD) report, the federal government’s most comprehensive look at the participation of these three demographic groups in science and engineering education and employment. View article
Girls Action Network Salutes 2016 GAN Scholars
New York, NY – Girls Action Network, Inc. is pleased to announce and salute its 2016 GAN Scholars as new cohorts to the GAN Summer Scholastic Enrichment Program (SSEP): Isabel Santiuste (Bronx, New York), Erica Fuller (Gray, Georgia) and Hailey Jefferson (Suwanee, Georgia). GAN Scholars Fuller and Jefferson were selected to attend the Wesleyan College
Girls Action Network Salutes 2015 GAN Scholars
New York, NY – Girls Action Network, Inc. is pleased to announce and salute its 2015 GAN Scholars as new cohorts to the GAN Summer Scholastic Enrichment Program (SSEP): Wan Yi (Kelly) Mei (New York, New York), Kira Miller (Macon, Georgia) and Allise Paredes (Avenel, New Jersey). GAN Scholars Miller and Paredes were selected to
Girls Action Network Participates at Journei’s S.T.E.M.-tastic One Hundred
Girls Action Network (GAN) had the opportunity to participate at Journei’s S.T.E.M.-tastic One Hundred compelling workshop on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Rowan University’s School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, New Jersey at which Stephanie Humphrey, President, Girls Action Network, Inc., brought her passion for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to her remarks as
Huffington Post Link: Diversity Data Shows Need to Focus on Women of Color
The floodgates holding back the tech industry’s dismal diversity data are now wide open. First Google, then LinkedIn and Yahoo, and now Facebook have soaked Silicon Valley watchers with what many of us already assumed: the tech community is mostly white and male. The statistics about racial and gender diversity in the technology field are
Girls Action Network Salutes 2014 GAN Scholars
New York, NY – Girls Action Network, Inc. is pleased to announce and salute its 2014 GAN Scholars as new cohorts to the GAN Summer Scholastic Enrichment Program (SSEP): Vinette Bristol (Brooklyn, New York), Leora Roberts (Gray, Georgia) and Kathyrn Spinks (Macon, Georgia). GAN Scholars Roberts and Spinks will attend the Wesleyan College Spectacles Summer
Girls Action Network Salutes 2013 GAN Scholars
New York, NY: July 1, 2013 – Girls Action Network, Inc. is pleased to announce and salute its 2013 GAN Scholars as new cohorts to the GAN Summer Scholastic Enrichment Program (SSEP): Adreanna Chester (Macon, Georgia), Enid Lovay (Newark, New Jersey), Sarah Martin (West Orange, New Jersey), Natori Nance (Hightstown, New Jersey) and Kathyrn Spinks
Girls Action Network Hosts Career Exploration 101 Workshop
New York, NY – On June 1, 2013, Girls Action Network (GAN) presented Career Exploration 101: Exploring Your Path Using Web-based Technology — an introductory, practical, age-appropriate program for female students (grades 6-11) identifying the skills, interests and values essential to exploring and planning one’s career and related educational paths – at St. Philip’s Academy
GAN – SGB Committee Hosted Mini-Conference at Temple University
Philadelphia, PA – The Girls Action Network SBG Committee hosted a mini-conference on Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at Temple University’s Ritter Annex, located at 1301 Cecil B Moore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. Cost was $5 per student with breakfast-lunch included. The conference theme was “Unlocking Opportunities: Leadership, Education and Empowerment”