Celebration of Women in Math 2015

The Celebration of Women in Mathematics was held on October 8, 2015 at Elizabeth City State University with 434 girls and 40 teachers attending. This event is sponsored by the Center for the Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS), NSF Science Gateway Institute, and the Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER).

Celebration of Women in Mathematics consists of a program of workshops, talks, and math competitions for middle/high school girls and their teachers. The purpose of the program is to encourage young women to continue their study of mathematics and to raise the level of mathematics competency in Northeastern North Carolina.

The program for the event can be found at: http://nia.ecsu.edu/nrts/2015events/151008cwm/schedule.pdf
Dr. Linda Hayden's opening remarks can be found at: http://nia.ecsu.edu/nrts/2015events/151008cwm/cwm_2015_opening_comments.pdf

Several programs from the university and the area presented exhibits in the Jenkins Science Center.
Photos can be found HERE.

Schools represented at this year's event included:

Bertie Early College High School
Bertie STEM High School
C.S. Brown STEM High School
Central Middle School

Creswell High School
Currituck County Middle School
Elizabeth City Middle School
H.L. Trigg Community School

Hertford County High School
Perquimans County Middle School
River Road Middle School