| The Celebration of Women in Mathematics was held on October 24, 2017 at Elizabeth City State University with over 300 girls and over 50 teachers attending. This event was sponsored by the NASA Minority University Research and Education Program (MUREP), NSF Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI), 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/2017events/171024cwm/2017CWMWorkshopSchedule.pdf
The flyer for the event can be found at: http://nia.ecsu.edu/nrts/2017events/171024cwm/2017_CWM_flyer.pdf
Several programs from the university and the area presented exhibits in the Vaughn Center.
Photos can be found HERE.
Schools represented at this year's event included:
C. S. Brown STEM High School
Central Middle School
Gates County High School
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H. L. Trigg Community School
Hertford High School
Bertie High School
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Plymouth High School
River Road Middle School
Perquimans County High School |
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