Wisconsin Teens Girls Forward Career Profiles

Thank you to our sponsors, exhibitors, presenters, teachers, parents and especially the students for a great 2009 conference!

Wisconsin�s only one-day conference dedicated to inspiring high school girls to live their dreams and find their path to a bright future. Students gain the tools to explore educational and career opportunities, with emphasis on STEM, health care and the skilled trades. Fun, hands-on activities include a college and career exploration fair, interactive workshops and mentoring by successful professional women. Don�t miss it!

Selected Conference Highlights:

Eco-Jewelry Making
Have you ever wanted to create your own jewelry? Learn how engineering and jewelry fit together. You can make something that not only looks great, but is also �Eco Friendly�. Come join the staff of the Milwaukee School of Engineering and the Milwaukee Public Schools as they walk you through the creative process of the Eco Jewelry Design Challenge. Sponsor: Milwaukee School of Engineering and Milwaukee Public Schools (www.msoe.edu)

Robosaurs!
Student teams will use the LEGO NXT robot to design, build, and test a "living" creature capable of surviving an inhospitable environment. Can you engineering this critter? Learn about basic engineering and programming principles as well as the role robotics and automation play in the world around us. Sponsored by BadgerBOTS Robotics (www.badgerbots.org)

Un-Mediafy Your Life!
Come experience this art-based workshop that gives you the tools you need to look at media through smarter eyes. Create incredible artwork, hang out with other girls and make new friends. Explore stereotypes and labeling, body image and the beauty myth, consumerism, real girl power, and sisterhood. Plus, take your artwork home or your art can be exhibited in the Project Girl Expo at the American Family Children�s Hospital (Madison)! Sponsor: Project Girl (www.projectgirl.org)

The Sky�s (Not) the Limit!
Build pneumatic rocket launchers and find out how you can boost your future through engineering. The 21st Century engineer creates new products and services that improve our lives. They have opportunities to travel, solve problems around the world and make a difference. Engineers shape the future! Find out about engineering-related careers for every interest! Sponsor: Marquette College of Engineering � Outreach Programs (www.marquette.edu/engineering)

Fun with Biotechnology
Did you know that scientists can track changes in cells? One way is with bioluminescence � cool luminous colors � from the luciferase gene in click beetles. Be a scientist and perform a simulated genetic transformation of the luciferase gene into bacterial cells. Anyone can do it! What will happen? Try it and see! Sponsor: BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute (www.btci.org) Limit 30 students per workshop session.

All Fired Up!
Do you have a passion for helping others? Are you interested in the work of firefighting? Firefighting is a team-oriented, exciting service profession. Get the real scoop about fire science and the fire service careers. Talk with working firefighters, try on firefighting gear and participate in other hands-on activities. Sponsor: UW-Oshkosh, Office of Continuing Education and Extension (www.uwosh.edu)

Building Your Future
What do origami and careers in the construction industry have in common? Find out if the construction industry is right for you. Fun activities will let you explore the reality, myths and stereotypes of women working in the construction industry � and show off how much you already know about tools and the skilled trades. Sponsor: Chicago Women in Trades (www.cwit2.org) Limit 20 students per workshop session.

Visit The Village
Do you live for Second Life? Find Facebook more fun than school? Learn how to have fun in a virtual world that's built just for Wisconsin students, and build your knowledge while you're at it! In this hands-on computer workshop, you'll have a chance to explore The Village, a world created by Wisconsin students with a real passion for engineering, computers, or even creative writing! Sponsor: Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth (www.wcaty.org) Limit 40 students per workshop session.

Financing College and Beyond
A workshop for parents, teachers, counselors and other adult chaperones attending the LEAP conference. Hear from experts on how to pay for college and other post-secondary education, including representatives from UW Help, Wisconsin Technical College System, Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and the Wisconsin College Savings Program.

*Workshop offerings and descriptions are subject to change without notice.

Education & Career Fair

The Fair features leading Wisconsin companies, skilled trade organizations, colleges and universities and programs serving youth, with an emphasis on the high demand, higher skill, higher-wage jobs of the future � including many non-traditional educational and careers areas. Career Clusters include STEM, applied manufacturing and energy technologies, applied engineering and design fields, health care, skilled trades and applied business and information technologies. Role models, mentors, education and career pathways, internships, apprenticeships and other resources and information are all designed to inspire and empower girls to set their ambitions high and Learn, Earn and Prosper!

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Many schools need assistance underwriting registration fees and transportation costs in order to send girls to LEAP! Let us know if your company or organization is interested in sponsoring students from your area -- contact Christine at 608-266-2219.

THANK YOU!
... to these organizations and individuals for underwriting scholarships and transportation costs for students in their communities to attend LEAP! 2009.

Sponsor a School Group or School Bus Contributors!

Linda VandenPlas

F-M Enterprises (Merrill, WI)

Laura Beadling

Mary Dee Wenniger

WW=P, Inc. Kenosha RSN

Mary Ann Fahl

Lakeshore Technical College

Children's Trust Fund

Sponsor-a-Student & Sponsor-2-Students Contributors!

Hannah Rosenthal

Marsha Block

Nora Cusack

Laura Saterfield

The Honorable Kitty Brennan

Joan Thomas

Patty Cadorin

Zohreh Emami

Kay Taube

Elisa Denlinger

Bonnie Jo Bratina

Jan Gietzel

Liz Orella

Heidi Green

Bridget Murphy

Tia Garthus

Kelly & Jason Mlsna

THANK YOU TO THE LEAP! 2009 SPONSORS

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