The Celebration of Women in Mathematics was held on October 16, 2018 at Elizabeth City State University with over 200 girls and over 30 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/2018events_/181016cwm/2018_CWM_Schedule_of_Events.pdf
The flyer for the event can be found at: http://nia.ecsu.edu/nrts/2018events_
/181016cwm/2018_CWM_flyer.pdf
Several programs from the university and the area presented exhibits in the Vaughn Center.
Photos can be found below.
Schools represented at this year's event included:
Bertie Early College High School
Bertie STEM High School
C.S. Brown STEM High School |
Perquimans Middle School
River Road Middle School
Washington County Early College
| Central Middle School
Northeast Academy for Aerospace and Advanced Technologies (NEAAT) |
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